The present volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 21st and 22nd Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop held at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Stuttgart. The contributions provide insightful discussions of several topics of current interest for syntactic theory on the basis of comparative data from a wide range of contemporary and historical Germanic languages. The theoretical issues explored include: the left periphery, with a number of contributions touching on the pros and contras of cartographic accounts; different aspects of word order and how it arises from movement and clause structure; the interplay of thematic relations and case theory with the realization of DPs; and the treatment of finiteness and modal structures. This book is of interest to syntacticians working in a comparative perspective and to advanced undergraduates.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
ISBN-10
9027255245
ISBN-13
9789027255242
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107984110
Product Key Features
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Linguistics
Dimensions
Weight
900g
Height
245mm
Width
164mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Amsterdam
Issn
0166-0829
Edited by
Florian Schafer, Artemis Alexiadou, Justin Nuger, Thomas McFadden, Jorge Hankamer