Authors: Anders Holmberg, Christer Platzack, Christer Platzack
ISBN-13: 9780195067460, ISBN-10: 0195067460
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: June 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)
University of Umea
University of Lund
In this book, Holmberg and Platzack present a theory of the role which subject-verb agreement and case morphology play in syntax. Their theory is based mainly on a detailed comparison of syntactical inflectional properties in the various Scandinavian languages, although many other languages are discussed as well. The theoretical issues discussed include abstract vs. morphological case, functional heads, verb-second, null subjects and other empty categories, pronouns and clitics, various impersonal constructions, long distance reflexives, and the double object construction. Probably the most detailed and comprehensive study to date of the interplay of case, subject-verb agreement, and other grammatical properties in the syntax of related languages, this book offers important insights for professional linguists and students with an interest in generative grammar, typology/comparative grammar, or Scandinavian and Germanic languages.
Ch. 1 | Comparative Scandinavian Syntax | |
Ch. 2 | A General Theory of Sentence Structure, Finiteness, and Nominative Case | |
Ch. 3 | Verb Second Languages, Root-Embedded Asymmetries, Root Phenomena in Embedded Clauses, and Long Distance Reflexives | |
Ch. 4 | Null Subjects, Small pro and the Role of Agr | |
Ch. 5 | The Role of Agr and the Licensing Nominative DPs within VP | |
Ch. 6 | Object Shift | |
Ch. 7 | The Double Object Construction | |
Ch. 8 | Conclusions | |
References | ||
Index of languages | ||
Index of names | ||
Index of subjects |