16.2887, Books: Linguistic Theories/Syntax: Schweikert

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Date: 05-Oct-2005
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: The Order of Prepositional Phrases in the Structure of the
Clause: Schweikert 

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Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:30:13
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: The Order of Prepositional Phrases in the Structure of the Clause: Schweikert 

Title: The Order of Prepositional Phrases in the Structure of the Clause 
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 83  

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

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%2083 

Author: Walter Schweikert, University Ca' Foscari, Venice

Hardback: ISBN: 9027228078 Pages: xii, 338 Price: Europe EURO 125.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027228078 Pages: xii, 338 Price: U.S. $ 150.00

Abstract:

For a long time prepositions seemed to enjoy a clandestine status in
linguistic research. This has changed with a novel path of inquiry into the
inner structure of complex prepositional expressions. In a unique approach
to the examination of the outer syntax of prepositions the author uses
established and new syntactic and statistical tests to achieve a convincing
hierarchy of thematic roles expressed by prepositional phrases. From an
antisymmetric point of departure the author presents an overview of
possible derivations that result in the observed different word orders of
PPs in VO and OV languages. It leads to a refreshing new proposal of how to
include morphology into syntax. The plausibility of this model is
underscored by a wide range of explanatory data. This book is indispensable
for linguists interested in the syntax of modifiers. 

Table of contents

Acknowledgements  ix  
List of Abbreviations  xi  
1. Introduction  1-3  
2. Arguments and modifiers  5-45  
3. The order of PPs in German - empirical observations  47-132  
4. Restrictions on structure and movement  133-170  
5. Affixes in syntax  171-238  
6. Syntactic analysis of the surface word order of PPs  239-322  
7. Conclusion  323-324  
References  325-327  
Name index  329  
Language index  331  
Subject index  333 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Syntax

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

Written In: English  (eng)

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