Format:
1 Online-Ressource (257 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783110437249
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9783110446173
Series Statement:
Linguistics & Philosophy Volume 6
Content:
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.
Note:
Dissertation University of Potsdam 2014
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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
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110444131
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als ISBN 978-3-11-044413-1
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Deutsch
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Pro-Drop-Parameter
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110446173
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