The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories

Editors

Marcel den Dikken | The Graduate Center, The City University of New York

Christina Tortora | The College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York

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This volume brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the syntax of function words and functional categories in the Germanic languages. The works offered in this volume derive specifically from comparative studies of Germanic; at the same time they all bear directly on long-standing problems in syntactic theory and universal grammar. The contributions include novel theoretical and empirical approaches to infinitives, the syntax and acquisition of Verb Second, the structure and interpretation of present tense, the syntax and semantics of reflexives, the relationship between expletive syntax and the EPP, the syntax of possession, and the DP-internal syntax of pronouns. Some contributions present the results of experimental research which provide an entirely fresh perspective on previously unchallenged claims.

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 78] 2005. vii, 292 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.78

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements | p. vii

Introduction: The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories

Marcel den Dikken and Christina Tortora | pp. 1–10

Verb second as a function of Merge

C. Jan-Wouter Zwart | pp. 11–40

Nonnative acquisition of Verb Second: On the empirical underpinnings of universal L2 claims

Ute Bohnacker | pp. 41–77

Clause Union and Clausal Position

Josef Bayer, Tanja Schmid and Markus Bader | pp. 79–113

Explaining Expl

Marc Richards and Theresa Biberauer | pp. 115–153

Reflexives in contexts of reduced valency: German vs. Dutch

Marika Lekakou | pp. 155–185

Simple Tense

Guido Vanden Wyngaerd | pp. 187–215

Possessor licensing, definiteness and case in Scandinavian

Marit Julien | pp. 217–249

Pronouns are Determiners After All

Dorian Roehrs | pp. 251–285

“I enjoyed reading this exciting book as thoroughly as very few collective volumes in recent years. To start with the basics, the solid and firm hand of the two editors shows through the impeccable editing throughout the book: from the selection of the papers included to the impressive absence of formatting discrepancies and typos.”

Phoevos Panagiotidis, Department of Humanities, Cyprus College, on Linguist List 17.799 , 2006

Cited by (2)

Cited by two other publications

Alharbi, Bader

2022. On the Syntax of Existential Sentences in Najdi Arabic. Languages 7:1 ► pp. 18 ff.

Roehrs, Dorian

2019. Three Typological Differences Between the North and the West Germanic DPs. Journal of Germanic Linguistics 31:4 ► pp. 363 ff.

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