Verb movement and expletive subjects in the germanic languages
Auteur :
Vikner
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195083941
Date de publication :
29 juin 1995
Dimensions :
16,3 x 21,9 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
499 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This is a comparative study opf two different kinds of verb movement in the Germanic languages, using the Government and Binding Theory. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive subjects. Vikner includes in his study the less commonly discussed Germanic languages of Icelandic, Faroese, and Yiddish.