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Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases. Volume 3
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ISBN: 9089647325 9789089647320 9789048524846 9048524849 9789089647306 9089647309 9789089647313 9089647317 Year: 2016 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

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The book 'Syntax of Dutch Verbs and Verb Phrases Volume 3' by Hans Broekhuis and Norbert Corver, is an essential resource for researchers and advanced students of language and linguistics. It provides a comprehensive synthesis of current syntactic knowledge of Dutch, primarily focusing on the description of the language rather than linguistic theory. The authors delve into the internal makeup and distribution of verb phrases and clauses, including adverbial modification and the organization or word order of the clause. The book is intended for readers with an interest in advanced Dutch linguistics.


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Local instability : split topicalization and quantifier float in German
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ISBN: 9783110290950 3110290952 9783110290370 3110290375 1283628732 9781283628730 9786613941183 6613941182 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berlin New York : De Gruyter,

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This monograph argues for a novel approach to split topicalization and quantifier float in German, based on the premise that syntactic structure-building proceeds solely via free application of Merge. Following recent developments in the pursuit of a more principled theory of syntax, it is argued that the stipulative notion of 'projection' ought to be dispensed with: syntactic objects created by Merge are not headed, and endocentricity arises due to a simple search algorithm. When this algorithm fails, specifically in symmetric {XP,YP} structures, an unlabeled constituent results; where a label is required, such structures are locally unstable. It is argued that both split topics and floated quantifiers are the result of this kind of local instability: when an exocentric predication structure is merged in argument or adjunct position, XP must be displaced at the phase level to allow for determination of a label. It is this symmetry-breaking movement that yields the 'split constituent' in surface form. Based on careful empirical scrutiny of two recalcitrant problems for syntactic theory, the present work adduces substantial support for a 'minimalist' grammatical architecture devoid of phrase-structural residue.


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Syntax in the treetops
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ISBN: 0262369095 0262369087 0262543494 9780262543491 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press,

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"A syntactic analysis of and solution to the semantic problem: how can speakers convey the same meaning using different speech acts?"--

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