Author | Haeberli, Eric. author |
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Title | Features, Categories and the Syntax of A-Positions [electronic resource] : Cross-Linguistic Variation in the Germanic Languages / by Eric Haeberli |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0604-0 |
Descript | X, 381 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 1. Some Basic Theoretical Notions -- 2. The Distribution of Nominal Arguments and the Syntax of A-Positions -- 3. Morphology and the Setting of Parameters -- 4. The Germanic Languages -- 5. Outline -- 2. Features, Categories and Checking, Towards Deriving the EPP and Abstract Case -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Object Movement and CategoriesโTowards Deriving Abstract Case -- 3. Towards Deriving the EPP -- 4. Some General Consequences -- 5. More on the EPP and Abstract Case -- 6. Pesetsky and Torreoo (2001): An Extension to CP? -- 7. An Alternative to Categorial Feature Checking: Covalent Bonding -- 8. Conclusion -- 3. Syntactic Effects of Morphological Case -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Word Order Freedom and Morphological Case -- 3. Nominal Complements of Adjectives and Case Morphology -- 4. Some Speculations on Ov/Vo Order -- 5. Summary -- 4. Subjecthood and Agreement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Subjects and Agreement in German -- 3. On the Word Order Xp-Subject in the Germanic Languages -- 4. Summary -- 5. On Expletives -- 1. Expletives and No Arguments -- 2. Expletive-Associate Constructions -- 3. A Note on Expletive Constructions and their Relation to Other Grammatical Properties -- 4. Summary -- 6. Oblique Case and Subjecthood. Or: Why Icelandic is Different -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Oblique Case and Subjecthood: Icelandic vs. German -- 3. โXP-Subjectโ in Icelandic -- 4. Expletives and Definite Subjects -- 5. On the Absence of Free Argument Order in Icelandic -- 6. Some Cross-Linguistic Issues -- 7. Summary -- 7: Conclusion -- References -- Language Index -- Name Index