Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic Languages (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195083941)

This book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive (or "dummy") subjects. The book applies the theory of Principles-and-Parameters to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.

Author: Sten Vikner
ISBN-10: 0195083946
ISBN-13: 9780195083941
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 04/13/1995
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.64h x 6.42w x 0.78d