For A Long Time Prepositions Seemed To Enjoy A Clandestine Status In Linguistic Research. This Has Changed With A Novel Path Of Inquiry Into The Inner Structure Of Complex Prepositional Expressions. In A Unique Approach To The Examination Of The Outer Syntax Of Prepositions The Author Uses Established And New Syntactic And Statistical Tests To Achieve A Convincing Hierarchy Of Thematic Roles Expressed By Prepositional Phrases. From An Antisymmetric Point Of Departure The Author Presents An Overview Of Possible Derivations That Result In The Observed Different Word Orders Of Pps In Vo And Ov Languages. It Leads To A Refreshing New Proposal Of How To Include Morphology Into Syntax. The Plausibility Of This Model Is Underscored By A Wide Range Of Explanatory Data. This Book Is Indispensable For Linguists Interested In The Syntax Of Modifiers.--jacket. Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Arguments And Modifiers -- Ch. 3. The Order Of Pps In German -- Empirical Observations -- Ch. 4. Restrictions On Structure And Movement -- Ch. 5. Affixes In Syntax -- Ch. 6. Syntactic Analysis Of The Surface Word Order Of Pps -- Ch. 7. Conclusion. Walter Schweikert. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [325]-327) And Indexes.

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Walter Schweikert

Benjamins, John

Linguistik aktuell =, Linguistics today,, v. 83, Linguistik aktuell ;, Bd. 83., Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Netherlands, 2005

Linguistik aktuell, 83, Amsterdam ; Philadelphia PA, 2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-327) and indexes.

ISBN-13: 9789027228079
The Order of Prepositional Phrases in the Structure of the Clause 2
Editorial page 3
Title page 4
LCC data 5
Table of contents 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10
ABBREVIATIONS 12
1. INTRODUCTION 14
2. ARGUMENTS AND MODIFIERS 18
2.1 Sentence constituents 19
2.2 Representation in X-Bar structure 29
2.3 The Split Infl hypothesis 32
2.4 The level of logical form and covert movement 36
2.5 The minimalist program 38
2.6 Antisymmetry 40
2.7 Semantic interpretation of X-bar structure 48
2.8 Parallels between morphology and syntax 51
2.10 The Cinque hierarchy 52
2.11 Recent minimalist developments 57
3. THE ORDER OF PPS IN GERMAN – EMPIRICAL OBSERVATIONS 60
3.1 Introduction 60
3.2 General remarks on German sentence structure 66
3.3 Potential tests for finding the base generation of phrases 67
3.4 Word order in the German Mittelfeld 99
3.5 My data 108
4. RESTRICTIONS ON STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENT 146
4.1 Introduction 146
4.2 Trees and subtrees 148
4.3 Basic projections 150
4.4 Basic relations 153
4.5 Extended projections 156
4.6 Sequences of modifiers of the same category 168
4.7 Derivations 169
4.8 Movement 171
5. AFFIXES IN SYNTAX 184
5.1 Introduction 184
5.2 Prefixes and suffixes 186
5.3 Derivation of the inverted order of suffixes. 190
5.4 Derivation of the direct order of prefixes 193
5.5 Separable prefixes 203
5.6 Derivation of the inverted order of prefixes 213
5.7 Fused morphemes 233
5.8 Arguments 238
5.9 Open questions 249
5.10 Conclusion 250
6. SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF THE SURFACE WORD ORDER OF PPS 252
6.1 The basic patterns 252
6.2 A symmetric analysis 260
6.3 Directionally licensing and the proposal of Haider 265
6.4 Collective versus indivual checking in the work of Koster 266
6.5 The pied piping analysis of Cinque 268
6.6 The verb second problem 283
6.7 Overt verb movement driven only by morphology 284
6.8 Cyclic approaches 286
7. CONCLUSION 336
REFERENCES 338
NAME INDEX 342
LANGUAGE INDEX 344
SUBJECT INDEX 346
The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 351
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