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From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories: Den
Dikken, Tortora (Eds) 

	
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From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories: Den Dikken, Tortora (Eds) 
 



Title: The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories 
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 78  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%2078 


Editor: Marcel Den Dikken, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Editor: Christina M. Tortora, College of Staten Island, City University of New York

Hardback: ISBN: 9027228027 Pages: vii, 292 Price: Europe EURO 120.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027228027 Pages: vii, 292 Price: U.S. $ 144.00


Abstract:

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. 


Table of contents

Acknowledgements   

Introduction: The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories 
Marcel den Dikken and Christina M. Tortora
  
Verb second as a function of Merge 
C. Jan-Wouter Zwart  

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

Clause Union and Clausal Position 
Josef Bayer, Tanja Schmid and Markus Bader  

Explaining Expl 
Marc Richards and M. Theresa Biberauer  

Reflexives in contexts of reduced valency: German vs. Dutch 
Marika Lekakou  

Simple Tense 
Guido Vanden Wyngaerd  

Possessor licensing, definiteness and case in Scandinavian 
Marit Julien  

Pronouns are Determiners After All 
Dorian Roehrs 



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                     German, Standard (deu)

Language Family(ies): Germanic


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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