Verb Constructions in German and Dutch
Author:   Pieter A.M. Seuren (Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, Nijmegen) ,  Gerard Kempen (Universiteit Leiden & Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, Nijmegen)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   242
ISBN:  

9789027247544


Pages:   314
Publication Date:   21 August 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Verb Constructions in German and Dutch


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German and Dutch verb constructions show a rich array of syntactic phenomena that have so far been underexposed in the literature, despite the fact that they have proved to be a source of substantial problems in theoretical grammar. The cross-linguistic study of verb constructions and complementation has been dominated by views deriving from English or, for that matter, Latin. The German and Dutch complementation systems, however, feature several important properties that are missing from English but occur in many other languages. Well-known but only partially understood examples are clause-final verb clusters and the so-called Third Construction. In the present book, these and related phenomena are addressed by leading representatives of various schools of linguistic thought, in particular Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG), Generative Grammar, Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG), Tree Adjoining Grammar (TAG), Performance Grammar, and Semantic Syntax. By bringing together the diverse theoretical analyses into one volume, the editors hope to stimulate comparative evaluations of the formalisms.

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Author:   Pieter A.M. Seuren (Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, Nijmegen) ,  Gerard Kempen (Universiteit Leiden & Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, Nijmegen)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   242
Weight:   0.535kg
ISBN:  

9789027247544


ISBN 10:   9027247544
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   21 August 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. 1. Verb clusters and the scope of adjuncts in Dutch (by Bouma, Gosse); 3. 2. Verbal clusters and cluster creepers (by Evers, Arnold Ernest); 4. 3. V-clustering and clause union: Causes and effects (by Haider, Hubert); 5. 4. West-Germanic verb clusters in LFG (by Kaplan, Ronald M.); 6. 5. Subjects in unexpected places and the notion of predicate (by Kathol, Andreas); 7. 6. Dutch and German verb constructions in Performance Grammar (by Kempen, Gerard); 8. 7. Coherent constructions in German: Lexicon or syntax? (by Rambow, Owen); 9. 8. Verb clusters and branching directionality in German and Dutch (by Seuren, Pieter A.M.); 10. References; 11. Index

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