Verb Movement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Verb Movement write by David Lightfoot. This book was released on 1994-03-31. Verb Movement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Work on the movement of phrase categories, mostly Noun Phrases, has been a central element of syntactic theorizing almost since the earliest work on generative grammar. Work on the movement of lexical elements, heads, has been much less central until recent years. Verb movement is now, however, the center of current research in syntax. Parallel to the theoretical interest has been the attention focused on the description of verb-second languages and on the movement operations that place the verb in its "second" position. This volume represents the latest work from many of the leading researchers in an important field, and draws on analyses from a wide range of languages. It will have a significant impact on its field.
Morphosyntax of Verb Movement
Morphosyntax of Verb Movement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Morphosyntax of Verb Movement write by C. Jan-Wouter Zwart. This book was released on 1997. Morphosyntax of Verb Movement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Morphosyntax of Verb Movement discusses the phenomenon of Dutch, present in many Germanic languages, that the finite verb is fronted in main clauses but not in embedded clauses. The theoretical framework adopted is the so-called Minimalist Program of Chomsky (1995), the latest developmental stage of generative grammar. Taking issue with previous analyses, the author argues that phrase structure in Dutch is uniformly head initial, and that the finite verb moves to different positions in subject initial main clauses and in inversion constructions. The book contains lucid and detailed discussion of many theoretical issues in connection with the Minimalist Program, such as the relation between syntax and morphology, the nature of syntactic licensing, and the structure of the functional domain. At the same time, it offers a survey of the properties of Dutch syntax, a discussion of previous analyses of Dutch syntax and a wealth of material from dialects of Dutch and other Germanic languages.
Morphosyntax of Verb Movement
Morphosyntax of Verb Movement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Morphosyntax of Verb Movement write by J.-W. Zwart. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Morphosyntax of Verb Movement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Morphosyntax of Verb Movement discusses the phenomenon of Dutch, present in many Germanic languages, that the finite verb is fronted in main clauses but not in embedded clauses. The theoretical framework adopted is the so-called Minimalist Program of Chomsky (1995), the latest developmental stage of generative grammar. Taking issue with previous analyses, the author argues that phrase structure in Dutch is uniformly head initial, and that the finite verb moves to different positions in subject initial main clauses and in inversion constructions. The book contains lucid and detailed discussion of many theoretical issues in connection with the Minimalist Program, such as the relation between syntax and morphology, the nature of syntactic licensing, and the structure of the functional domain. At the same time, it offers a survey of the properties of Dutch syntax, a discussion of previous analyses of Dutch syntax and a wealth of material from dialects of Dutch and other Germanic languages.
Verb Movement in Romance
Verb Movement in Romance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Verb Movement in Romance write by Norma Schifano. This book was released on 2018. Verb Movement in Romance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a detailed account of verb movement across more than twenty standard and non-standard Romance varieties. Norma Schifano examines the position of the verb with respect to a wide selection of hierarchically-ordered adverbs, as laid out in Cinque's (1999) seminal work. She uses extensive empirical data to demonstrate that, contrary to traditional assumptions, it is possible to identify at least four distinct macro-typologies in the Romance languages: these macro-typologies stem from a compensatory mechanism between syntax and morphology in licensing the Tense, Aspect, and Mood interpretation of the verb. The volume adopts a hybrid cartographic/minimalist approach, in which cartography provides the empirical tools of investigation, and minimalist theory provides the technical motivations for the movement phenomena that are observed. It provides a valuable tool for the examination of fundamental morphosyntactic properties from a cross-Romance perspective, and constitutes a useful point of departure for further investigations into the nature and triggers of verb movement cross-linguistically.
Verb Movement and Clause Structure in Old Romanian
Verb Movement and Clause Structure in Old Romanian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Verb Movement and Clause Structure in Old Romanian write by Virginia Hill. This book was released on 2016. Verb Movement and Clause Structure in Old Romanian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book provides a formal analysis of root and complement clauses in Old Romanian, focussing on the combination of Balkan syntactic patterns and Romance morphology. It presents a new perspective on the manifestation of Balkan Sprachbund properties in the language, and on the nature of parametric differences in relation to other Romance languages.
