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Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic Languages

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Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic Languages - Vikner, Sten
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This book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive (or "dummy") subjects. The book applies the theory of principles and parameters (also known as the "government-binding theory") to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.

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Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic Languages 1995, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195083941

Trade paperback

Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic Languages 1995, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195083934

Hardcover