Targets and syntactic change /
The present work is a synchronic and historical investigation of a most restricted area of German syntax, namely, the position of the verb. Central to this particular treatment is the crucial notion of "linguistic target," a concept which represents an emendation of the classical theory o...
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| Language: | English |
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The Hague :
Mouton,
1974.
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| Series: | Janua linguarum. Series minor ;
186. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Word order constraint
- V/2 in German
- Surface structure conditions
- V/2 in English, French, Romansh
- Historical survey
- Type A constraint
- Gothic and Icelandic
- German
- Other Germanic languages
- French and English
- Two syntactic changes
- Epilogue on some unanswered questions.