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Serie: Linguistics & Philosophy Volume 6

Inhalt: "This study presents new insights into null subjects, topic drop and the interpretation of topic-dropped elements. Besides providing an empirical data survey, it offers explanations to well-known problems, e.g. syncretisms in the context of null-subject licensing or the marginality of dropping an element which carries oblique case. The book constitutes a valuable source for both empirically and theoretically interested (generative) linguists."--

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Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Trutkowski, Ewa, 1974 - Topic drop and null subjects in German Berlin : De Gruyter, 2016 ISBN 9783110437249

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Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen , Germanistik

Schlagwort(e): Deutsch ; Pro-Drop-Parameter ; Deutsch ; Pro-Drop-Parameter ; Subjektloser Satz ; Dependenzgrammatik ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift

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ISBN: 3-11-043724-4 , 3-11-044617-0

Serie: Linguistics & Philosophy, Volume 6

Inhalt: This monograph deals with argument drop in the German prefield and it presents new insights into null subjects, topic drop and the interpretation of topic dropped elements. Major issues are (inter alia) the drop of structurally vs. obliquely cased arguments and the question on which basis nominative/accusative and dative/genitive can be kept apart. Furthermore, it is shown that the (im)possibility of phi-feature mismatches concerning the antecedent and gap in topic drop dialogues allows to differentiate between coreference and "real" (quantifier) binding. Aside from topic drop, (1st/2nd vs. 3rd person) null subjects are investigated across a couple of unrelated languages, also focusing on the presence of syncretisms within verbal inflectional paradigms. It is proven that 1st/2nd person null subjects in German are not an instance of antecedent-dependent topic drop but that they are licensed by discrete verbal inflectional endings. Thus, according to this property, German can be classified as a partial pro-drop language. Next to theoretical discussions and considerations this book offers a broad (empirically covered) data basis, which makes it suitable for both theoretically and empirically interested (generative) linguists.

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Foreword -- , Contents -- , 1. Overview -- , 2.1 Introduction -- , 2.2 Verbatim and Non-verbatim Topic Drop: Two Kinds of Topic Drop in German -- , 2.3 An Empirical Basis for the VTD/NVTD Distinction -- , 2.4 Structural Well-Formedness Conditions on VTD and NVTD -- , 2.5 Topic Drop and the Event Structure of Structural and Oblique Case Assigning Verbs -- , 2.6 Topic Drop and the Representation of +/-Complex Events -- , 2.7 Appendix: Topic Drop of Expletive Elements -- , 3. Topic Drop in German: The Interpretation of the Gap -- , 4. Null Subjects at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface -- , References -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

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Inhalt: This monograph deals with argument drop in the German prefield. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the book. Chapter 2 focuses on topic drop of structurally vs. obliquely cased arguments. The question by which factors structural and oblique cases can be kept apart is discussed in great detail. It is claimed that oblique case marking is the spell-out of a certain semantic content, namely an actant’s involvement within a complex event, which needs to be represented at the surface – this, however, is impossible under ellipsis. Thus, the gap’s content must be reconstructed via identity with its antecedent. In chapter 3, I show that parts of the gap resulting from topic drop can be bound under predicate identity (in the sense of semantic equivalence) in context and target. In dependence of whether the binder of (the bindee part of) the gap is referential or not, identity between antecedent and gap is obligatory (or not). Chapter 4 is an investigation of 1st/2nd (vs. 3rd) person referential null subjects that can be dropped independently of the presence of a discourse antecedent and despite apparent syncretisms within verbal inflectional paradigms. As is shown, German out of the blue-drop is neither topic drop nor diary drop, but an instance of inflection-dependent subject omission.

Anmerkung: Dissertation University of Potsdam 2014 , Frontmatter -- -- Foreword -- -- Contents -- -- 1. Overview -- -- 2. Topic Drop in German: (The Lack of) Identity between Antecedent and Gap -- -- 2.1 Introduction -- -- 2.2 Verbatim and Non-verbatim Topic Drop: Two Kinds of Topic Drop in German -- -- 2.3 An Empirical Basis for the VTD/NVTD Distinction -- -- 2.4 Structural Well-Formedness Conditions on VTD and NVTD -- -- 2.5 Topic Drop and the Event Structure of Structural and Oblique Case Assigning Verbs -- -- 2.6 Topic Drop and the Representation of +/-Complex Events -- -- 2.7 Appendix: Topic Drop of Expletive Elements -- -- 3. Topic Drop in German: The Interpretation of the Gap -- -- 4. Null Subjects at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface -- -- References -- -- Index , Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

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Fachgebiete: Germanistik

Schlagwort(e): Deutsch ; Pro-Drop-Parameter ; Hochschulschrift

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Serie: Studies in Germanic linguistics (SIGL) ; Volume 2

Inhalt: This book develops a grammar model for discourse ellipses in spoken Norwegian. Two major questions are addressed. Firstly, is there active syntactic structure in the ellipsis site? Secondly, how are discourse ellipses licensed? It is argued that both structural and semantic restrictions are required to account for the empirical patterns.

Anmerkung: Intro -- Norwegian Discourse Ellipsis -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Characteristics of spontaneous speech -- 1.2 Types of fragments and ellipses -- 1.2.1 Structural ellipses -- 1.2.2 Performance governed apocopes in spoken language -- 1.2.3 Freestanding constituents -- 1.2.4 Discourse ellipses -- 1.2.5 Elliptical data from written registers -- 1.3 A distinct grammar for spontaneous speech? -- 1.3.1 Same grammar or different grammars? -- 1.3.2 Dialogism versus monologism -- 1.4 Well-formedness in discourse ellipses -- 1.5 Collection of data -- 1.6 Overview of the book -- Chapter 2. Null arguments in generative theory -- 2.1 Pro drop and zero topic -- 2.2 German subject/object asymmetries -- 2.3 The null constant -- 2.4 Null subjects in abbreviated registers - structural truncation? -- 2.5 Fundament ellipsis in Swedish -- 2.6 Towards a uniform approach to null arguments -- 2.7 The need for an empirical and theoretical broadening -- Chapter 3. Foundations of a grammar model -- 3.1 A selective approach to meaning: Grammar semantics -- 3.2 A weak interpretation of the principle of full identification -- 3.3 Endoskeletal versus exoskeletal theories -- 3.3.1 Lexically driven grammars -- 3.3.2 The exoskeletal alternative -- 3.3.3 Five syntactic frames in Norwegian -- Chapter 4. A g-semantic syntax with insertion slots -- 4.1 Syntactic terminals - the building blocks -- 4.2 Empty slots for insertion -- 4.3 Separationism in the functional domain -- 4.4 Clausal architecture -- 4.4.1 CP - Illocutionary force and speech acts -- 4.4.2 TP - a tense operator -- 4.4.3 A predication operator in PrP -- 4.4.4 An exoskeletal approach to VP -- 4.4.5 The ontology of lexical semantics -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Silent structure and feature construal. , 5.1 The structure question -- 5.2 Agreement and valuation of phi-features -- 5.2.1 Active agreement features in the ellipsis site -- 5.2.2 Checking by valuation -- 5.2.3 Semantic agreement -- 5.2.4 An alternative analysis: Feature construal -- 5.2.5 Feature construal in discourse ellipses -- Chapter 6. Semantic licensing restrictions -- 6.1 Phonological deletion -- 6.2 Deletion through movement -- 6.3 Semantic identity and structural licensing restrictions -- 6.4 Recoverability of deletion -- 6.4.1 The original principle -- 6.4.2 Expanded use of the principle - recoverability in context -- 6.4.3 Strategies for identification -- 6.5 Shortcomings of the recoverability condition -- 6.5.1 Expletive subjects and copula verbs -- 6.5.2 Structural licensing -- 6.6 Processing discourse ellipses -- Chapter 7. Structural licensing conditions -- 7.1 The vulnerability of the C-domain -- 7.1.1 The C-domain as an interface to discourse -- 7.1.2 Preposed elements in [spec,CP]: topic and focus -- 7.1.3 Non-sentence initial discourse ellipses -- 7.1.4 Person restrictions on topic drop -- 7.1.5 Interacting syntactic and semantic restrictions -- 7.2 The CP-TP connection - silence under agree -- 7.2.1 Empirical patterns -- 7.2.2 No CP in subject-initial clauses? -- 7.2.3 Feature inheritance from C to T - a phase-based analysis -- 7.2.4 Silence under agree -- 7.3 Agreement and silence in the C - T complex -- 7.3.1 Omitted topicalized subject -- 7.3.2 Omitted topicalized object -- 7.3.3 Omitted topicalized subject and auxiliary -- 7.3.4 Omission of topicalized object and auxiliary is impossible -- 7.3.5 Ellipsis in yes/no questions -- 7.3.6 Lexical verbs versus modal and perfective auxiliaries -- 7.4 Why is there a subject/object asymmetry in the C-domain? -- Chapter 8. Concluding remarks -- 8.1 Empirical and theoretical contributions -- 8.2 Prospects -- References. , Empirical sources -- Appendix -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 4 -- Index.

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Serie: Linguistics & Philosophy, Volume 6

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Trutkowski, Ewa, 1974- Topic drop and null subjects in German. Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, c2016 ISSN 2198-2104 ISBN 9783110444131

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ISBN: 3-11-043724-4 , 3-11-044617-0

Serie: Linguistics & Philosophy, Volume 6

Inhalt: This monograph deals with argument drop in the German prefield and it presents new insights into null subjects, topic drop and the interpretation of topic dropped elements. Major issues are (inter alia) the drop of structurally vs. obliquely cased arguments and the question on which basis nominative/accusative and dative/genitive can be kept apart. Furthermore, it is shown that the (im)possibility of phi-feature mismatches concerning the antecedent and gap in topic drop dialogues allows to differentiate between coreference and "real" (quantifier) binding. Aside from topic drop, (1st/2nd vs. 3rd person) null subjects are investigated across a couple of unrelated languages, also focusing on the presence of syncretisms within verbal inflectional paradigms. It is proven that 1st/2nd person null subjects in German are not an instance of antecedent-dependent topic drop but that they are licensed by discrete verbal inflectional endings. Thus, according to this property, German can be classified as a partial pro-drop language. Next to theoretical discussions and considerations this book offers a broad (empirically covered) data basis, which makes it suitable for both theoretically and empirically interested (generative) linguists.

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Foreword -- , Contents -- , 1. Overview -- , 2.1 Introduction -- , 2.2 Verbatim and Non-verbatim Topic Drop: Two Kinds of Topic Drop in German -- , 2.3 An Empirical Basis for the VTD/NVTD Distinction -- , 2.4 Structural Well-Formedness Conditions on VTD and NVTD -- , 2.5 Topic Drop and the Event Structure of Structural and Oblique Case Assigning Verbs -- , 2.6 Topic Drop and the Representation of +/-Complex Events -- , 2.7 Appendix: Topic Drop of Expletive Elements -- , 3. Topic Drop in German: The Interpretation of the Gap -- , 4. Null Subjects at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface -- , References -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110446173

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ISBN: 9783110446173

Serie: Linguistics & Philosophy ; 6

Inhalt: This monograph deals with argument drop in the German prefield. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the book. Chapter 2 focuses on topic drop of structurally vs. obliquely cased arguments. The question by which factors structural and oblique cases can be kept apart is discussed in great detail. It is claimed that oblique case marking is the spell-out of a certain semantic content, namely an actant’s involvement within a complex event, which needs to be represented at the surface – this, however, is impossible under ellipsis. Thus, the gap’s content must be reconstructed via identity with its antecedent. In chapter 3, I show that parts of the gap resulting from topic drop can be bound under predicate identity (in the sense of semantic equivalence) in context and target. In dependence of whether the binder of (the bindee part of) the gap is referential or not, identity between antecedent and gap is obligatory (or not). Chapter 4 is an investigation of 1st/2nd (vs. 3rd) person referential null subjects that can be dropped independently of the presence of a discourse antecedent and despite apparent syncretisms within verbal inflectional paradigms. As is shown, German out of the blue-drop is neither topic drop nor diary drop, but an instance of inflection-dependent subject omission.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Foreword -- , Contents -- , 1. Overview -- , 2. Topic Drop in German: (The Lack of) Identity between Antecedent and Gap -- , 2.1 Introduction -- , 2.2 Verbatim and Non-verbatim Topic Drop: Two Kinds of Topic Drop in German -- , 2.3 An Empirical Basis for the VTD/NVTD Distinction -- , 2.4 Structural Well-Formedness Conditions on VTD and NVTD -- , 2.5 Topic Drop and the Event Structure of Structural and Oblique Case Assigning Verbs -- , 2.6 Topic Drop and the Representation of +/-Complex Events -- , 2.7 Appendix: Topic Drop of Expletive Elements -- , 3. Topic Drop in German: The Interpretation of the Gap -- , 4. Null Subjects at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface -- , References -- , Index , In English.

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110446173

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ISBN: 978-3-11-044617-3

Serie: Linguistics & philosophy volume 6

Anmerkung: Dissertation Universität Potsdam 2014

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Fachgebiete: Germanistik

Schlagwort(e): Deutsch ; Pro-Drop-Parameter ; Hochschulschrift

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Umfang: xii, 421 p.

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-282-15579-2 , 9786612155796 , 90-272-9349-X

Serie: Language acquisition & language disorders, v. 41

Inhalt: This volume includes a selection of papers that address a wide range of acquisition phenomena from different Romance languages and all share a common theoretical approach based on the Principles and Parameters theory. They favour, discuss and sometimes challenge traditional explanations of first and second language acquisition in terms of maturation of general principles universal to all languages. They all depart from the view that language acquisition can be explained in terms of learning language specific rules, constraints or structures. The different parts into which this volume is organized reflect different approaches that current research has offered, which deal with issues of development of reflexive pronouns, determiners, clitics, verbs, auxiliaries, inflection, wh-movement, ressumptive pronouns, topic and focus, mood, the syntax/discourse interface, and null arguments.

Anmerkung: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , The Acquisition of Syntax in Romance Languages -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- The acquisition of syntax in Romance languages -- Introduction -- I. Clitics, determiners and pronouns -- The production of SE and SELF anaphors in Spanish and Dutch children -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Reflexivity in and outside narrow syntax -- 3. Experiments -- 3.1. Method -- 3.2. Participants -- 4. Results -- 4.1. Dutch results -- 4.2. Spanish results -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1. Reflexivity and the production of se, zich and zichzelf -- 5.2. Spanish children's production of strong reflexives -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- On the acquisition of ambiguous Valency-Marking Morphemes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hypotheses on the acquisition of argument structure -- 3. French SE-cliticization and argument structure alternations -- 4. Method -- 4.1. Speech production corpora -- 4.2. Experimental task -- 5. Results -- 5.1. Order of acquisition of SE-constructions -- 5.2. Manifestations of overgeneralizations of ASA -- 5.3. Order of acquisition of SE and be-passive -- 6. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Definite and bare noun contrasts in child Catalan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The syntax and semantics of bare nouns -- 2.1. Bare objects -- 2.2. Genericity across languages: the status of bare nouns -- 2.3. Bare nouns in Catalan -- 3. Assumptions on acquisition -- 3.1. The emergence of DP in child grammar -- 4. An experiment on the contrast between bare nouns and definite DPs -- 4.1. Methods -- 4.2. Participants -- 4.3. Results -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Null arguments in monolingual children -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous studies comparing the acquisition of object clitics in French and Italian -- 3. The cross-sectional study -- 3.1. The test -- 3.2. Participants. , 3.3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Prenominal elements in French-Germanic bilingual first language acquisition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Possibility of cross-linguistic interference -- 2.1. Adult system -- 2.2. Hulk and Müller (2000): Conditions for cross-linguistic influence -- 3. Methodology -- 4. The acquisition of the determiner in adjective-noun combinations -- 4.1. Monolingual acquisition -- 4.2. Bilingual acquisition -- 4.3. Discussion -- 5. The acquisition of the attributive adjective -- 5.1. Monolingual acquisition -- 5.2. Bilingual acquisition -- 5.3. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Prenominal and postnominal adjectives in Daniel -- II. Verbs, auxiliaries and inflection -- A cross-sectional study on the use of ``be'' in early Italian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method -- 2.1. Subjects and linguistic corpora -- 2.2. Group composition -- 2.3. Criteria of analysis -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Patterns of copula omission in Italian child language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Truncation hypothesis -- 3. The data -- 3.1. Copula omission -- 3.2. The Wh-constraint -- 3.3. Auxiliary data -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1. Omission as evidence for truncation -- 4.2. Truncation & -- full competence -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Looking for the universal core of the RI stage -- 1. Introduction -- 2. RIs -- 3. The Imperative Analogue Hypothesis -- 3.1. Italian and German -- 3.2. Dutch and Icelandic -- 3.3. Spanish and Catalan -- 3.4. Hungarian and Slovenian -- 4. Is the RI analogue really an imperative form? -- 4.1. The 3D Hypothesis -- 4.2. The Underspecification (DM) Hypothesis -- 5. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- The acquisition of experiencers in Spanish L1 and the external argument requirement hypothesis. , 1. Introduction -- 2. The structure of Experiencers -- 2.1. Belletti and Rizzi (1988) -- 2.2. Torrego's (1998) object dependencies in Spanish -- 2.3. Phases and Wexler's hypothesis for syntactic development -- 2.4. Psych verbs and left-dislocation structures -- 3. Implications of the ACDH and EARH for child language -- 4. The experiments -- 4.1. Experiment 1 -- 4.2. Experiment 2 -- 5. Discussion -- Note -- References -- Appendix. Items for experiments -- Experiment 1 -- Experiment 2 -- Early operators and late topic-drop/pro-drop -- 1. The acquisition of grammatical features -- 1.1. Jakobson's order of acquisition steps -- 1.2. Wexler's Optional Infinitives -- 1.3. Rizzi's Truncations -- 1.4. Conflict of Reduction Principles -- 2. The acquisition of I-marking and D-marking -- 3. Overlap between the Reduction Principles -- 4. Rizzi's Truncations for the three different predicate types -- 4.1. Examples of the predicate types -- 4.2. Characteristics of the predicate types -- 5. Type b and type c predicate types -- 5.1. Type b operator predicates -- 5.2. Type c: Discourse topic-oriented predicates -- 5.3. Rise of type c predicates: Topic-drop (Spec,C ø) -- 6. Conjecture: Type c Pro-Drop/Agreement is late -- 7. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Appendix 1: Input for types a-b-c (Dutch/Italian) -- Appendix 2: Input for types a-b (Dutch/Italian) -- Appendix 3: Percentages for imperative type a-b (Dutch/Italian) -- III. Movement and resumptive pronouns -- The acquisition of A- and A'-bound pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous studies on the acquisition of pronouns -- 3. Pronouns as elsewhere elements -- 3.1. Brazilian Portuguese -- 3.2. Elsewhere elements and reference-set computation -- 4. The acquisition of pronouns -- 4.1. Method -- 4.2. Results -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References. , Acquiring long-distance wh-questions in L1 Spanish -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Wh-movement options cross-linguistically -- 3. A few remarks about Spanish -- 4. Previous language acquisition findings: Thornton (1990) and van Kampen (1997) -- 4.1. Non-adult questions are not performance errors -- 5. The experiment -- 5.1. Design and procedure -- 5.2. Results -- 5.3. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix I: Sample corresponding to the question -- Appendix II: Maider's subject extraction questions -- Evidence from L1 acquisition for the syntax of wh-scope marking in French -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Wh-in-situ in French -- 3. Partial wh-movement in first and second language acquisition of English LD questions -- 3.1. Thornton (1990): L1 English acquisition of LD wh-questions -- 3.2. Gutierrez (forthcoming): L2/L3 English acquisition of LD wh-questions -- 4. The experiment: Long-distance wh-questions in L1 acquisition of French -- 4.1. Participants, method and results -- 4.2. Partial wh-movement questions in L1 acquisition of French -- 5. Direct dependency scope marking strategies: Wh-in-situ in French and partial wh-movement in L1 French -- 6. Indirect dependency wh-scope marking strategies in L1 French -- 6.1. Indirect dependency in Hindi -- 6.2. Indirect dependency in L1 French -- 6.3. Direct or indirect dependency? -- 7. Acquisition stages -- 7.1. Wh-in-situ as the least marked strategy? -- 7.2. Long-distance dependencies -- Notes -- References -- IV. Syntax/discourse interface -- Acquisition of focus marking in European Portuguese -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The debate on the nature of focus -- 3. Contribution from acquisition for the debate on focus -- 4. Experiment on the comprehension of focus marking strategies -- 4.1. Methodology -- 4.2. Expected results -- 4.3. Results -- 4.4. Discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes. , References -- Subject pronouns in bilinguals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1. Separated systems and yet influence -- 4.2. Features opposition and markedness -- 4.3. Syntax, discourse and cognition -- 4.4. Bilinguals and maturation -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- V. L2 acquisition -- Is the semantics/syntax interface vulnerable in L2 acquisition? -- 1. Mood selection -- 1.1. Sentential arguments -- 1.2. Relative clauses -- 2. L2 acquisition of modal contrasts -- 3. Method -- 4. Results -- 4.1. Grammaticality judgment task -- 4.2. Truth-Value Judgment task -- 5. Discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The development of the syntax-discourse interface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background -- 2.1. Word order distribution and the interfaces -- 2.2. L2 acquisition at the syntax-discourse interface: Word order -- 2.3. L2 acquisition at the lexicon-syntax interface: Word order -- 3. Method -- 3.1. Subjects -- 3.2. Experimental design -- 3.3. Instrument -- 3.4. Procedure -- 3.5. Data analysis -- 3.6. Predictions -- 4. Results -- 4.1. Neutral contexts with unaccusative verbs -- 4.2. Neutral contexts with unergative verbs -- 4.3. Presentationally focused-subject contexts with unaccusative verbs -- 4.4. Presentationally focused-subject contexts with unergative verbs -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Beyond the syntax of the Null Subject Parameter -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background -- 2.1. Some history -- 2.2. Discourse pragmatic properties of subjects -- 2.3. Previous L2 studies of the Null Subject Parameter in Spanish -- 2.4. The present study -- 3. Method -- 3.1. Participants -- 3.2. Tasks -- 4. Results -- 4.1. Morphosyntax -- 4.2. Discourse-pragmatics -- 5. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Intermediate -- Advanced. , Near-native. , English

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ISBN: 1-283-94334-4 , 90-272-7244-1

Serie: Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today, 201

Inhalt: This monograph investigates the syntax of the finite verb in Mòcheno, a minority language spoken in a German speech island of Northern Italy. Basing her study on detailed new data collected during extensive fieldwork, and focusing on finite verb movement; on multiple access to the left periphery; on pro licensing and on the distribution of OV/VO word orders, the author refutes the traditional view that the syntactic variation found in Mòcheno is due to the presence of two competing grammars as a consequence of contact with Romance varieties and accounts for the peculiarities of Mòcheno syntax

Anmerkung: "This monograph is a fully revised version of my PhD dissertation defended in March 2010 at the University of Padua." , Syntactic Variation and Verb Second; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Mòcheno and the V2 phenomenon; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 On the V2 phenomenon; 2.2.1 V2 in Continental Germanic; 2.2.2 V2 in Old Romance languages; 2.2.3 Triggers for movement; 2.2.4 Partial conclusions; 2.3 Mòcheno as a V2 language; 2.3.1 Rowley's (2003) account; 2.3.2 On the presence of the Korrelate of V2; 2.3.3 On the structure of Mòcheno left periphery; 2.3.4 Against an account in terms of optionality/grammar competition; 2.4 Conclusions , 3. The syntax of subject pronouns; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Three classes of subject pronouns in Mòcheno; 3.2.1 Sentence-initial position; 3.2.2 The coordination test; 3.2.3 Focalization and isolation; 3.2.4 Partial conclusions; 3.3 Distribution of subject pronouns; 3.3.1 Distribution of subject reduced forms in main clauses; 3.3.2 Reduced forms are not agreement markers; 3.3.3 Distribution of subject reduced forms in embedded clauses; 3.3.4 Distribution of strong subject pronouns; 3.4 Conclusions; 4. Satisfaction of EPP and realization of subjects; 4.1 Introduction , 4.2 Fronted constituents and EPP; 4.2.1 Fronted operators; 4.2.2 The hanging-topic construction; 4.2.3 Simple preposing; 4.2.4 Left-dislocation; 4.3 Sentences with a fronted Nominative subject; 4.3.1 Fronted subjects and the EPP feature; 4.4 Conclusions; 5. Mòcheno as a partial pro-drop language DP-subjects; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Mòcheno as a partial pro-drop language; 5.2.1 Properties of pro-drop languages; 5.2.2 Licensing of null referential subjects and rich agreement; 5.2.3 Free-subject inversion and that-trace effects; 5.2.4 Expletive null subjects and generic pronouns , 5.2.5 Proposed analysis; 5.3 The syntax of DP subjects; 5.3.1 DP subjects as informationally marked XPs; 5.3.2 DP subjects in sentences with a fronted operator; 5.4 Conclusions; 6. Multiple access to CP and asymmetric pro-drop split; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Multiple access to CP and EPP; 6.2.1 Bottleneck effects; 6.2.2 Combination of constituents in the left periphery; 6.2.3 Again on simple-preposed topics and EPP; 6.2.4 Grewendorf/Poletto's account; 6.2.5 An alternative account for main declarative clauses; 6.2.6 Sentences with a fronted operator; 6.2.7 Partial conclusions , 6.3 On the syntax of embedded clauses; 6.3.1 Position of the finite verb in embedded clauses; 6.3.2 Form of the complementiser and CP structure; 6.3.3 Realization of the subject and syntax of the finite verb; 6.4 Conclusions; 7. Conclusions; References; Appendix; Questionnaires from Palai; Questionnaires from Fierozzo; Questionnaires from Roveda; Index , English

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Sprache: Englisch