Syntactic Aspects of Topic and Comment
Author:   André Meinunger (Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   38
ISBN:  

9789027227591


Pages:   245
Publication Date:   20 October 2000
Format:   Hardback
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This title focuses on the syntactic behaviour of argument noun phrases depending on their discourse status. The main language of consideration is German, but it is shown that the observations can be carried over to other languages. The claim is that discourse-new arguments remain inside the VP where they are base generated. The hierarchy of argument projection is claimed to be fixed within and across languages. There is major attention to direct objects. It is then argued that discourse-old undergo raising to agreement projections.

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Author:   André Meinunger (Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   38
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9789027227591


ISBN 10:   9027227594
Pages:   245
Publication Date:   20 October 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgments; 2. List of frequent abbrevations; 3. Introduction: some philosophical reflections; 4. 1. Discourse dependent tree splitting; 5. 2. The structure of the German VP; 6. 3. A trigger for scrambling; 7. 4. Agr nodes as topic hosts; 8. 5. The typological chapter; 9. 6. Notes on extraction; 10. 7. Conclusions; 11. References; 12. Name Index; 13. Subject index

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