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The present volume is centered on the notional domain of 'additivity'. Many linguistic phenomena are based on additivity (i.e. are incremental) and additive relations are a mechanism that underlies a wide array of text types. Specifically, the present volume is centered on the class of function words which have been labeled, among many others, 'Additive Focusing Modifiers' (FMs). The chapters gathered in this volume deal with the syntactic, prosodic and pragmatic properties of Additive FMs and new lines of research on these items are pursued, including (i) the historical development of Additive FMs and the use of these forms in older stages of the European languages; (ii) the pragmatic and sociolinguistic properties of Additive FMs, in particular of the functions they play in discourse and their distribution in different language varieties; (iii) the processing of Additive FMs by adults, in particular by relying on reading experiments involving eye tracking and self-paced reading; (iv) the use of Additive FMs in language contact situations and (v) the acquisition of Additive FMs by different learner groups.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Closed-class words (Grammar) --- Empty words (Grammar) --- Form words (Grammar) --- Function words (Grammar) --- Functors (Grammar) --- Grammatical words (Grammar) --- Structural words (Grammar) --- Particles (Grammar) --- Particles. --- Function words. --- Closed-class words --- Empty words --- Form words --- Functors --- Grammatical words --- Structural words --- Function words --- Pragmatics --- Comparative linguistics --- Germanic languages --- Romance languages --- Slavic languages --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax. --- Germanische Sprachen. --- Modifikator. --- Romanische Sprachen. --- Slawische Sprachen.

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This volume brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the syntax of function words and functional categories in the Germanic languages. The works offered in this volume derive specifically from comparative studies of Germanic; at the same time they all bear directly on long-standing problems in syntactic theory and universal grammar. The contributions include novel theoretical and empirical approaches to infinitives, the syntax and acquisition of Verb Second, the structure and interpretation of present tense, the syntax and semantics of reflexives, the relationship between expletive syntax and the EPP, the syntax of possession, and the DP-internal syntax of pronouns. Some contributions present the results of experimental research which provide an entirely fresh perspective on previously unchallenged claims.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Functionalism (Linguistics) --- Categories, Grammatical --- Grammatical categories --- Categorization (Linguistics) --- Componential analysis (Linguistics) --- Functional analysis (Linguistics) --- Functional grammar --- Functional linguistics --- Functional-structural analysis (Linguistics) --- Grammar, Functional --- Grammatical functions --- Linguistics --- Structural linguistics --- Closed-class words (Grammar) --- Empty words (Grammar) --- Form words (Grammar) --- Function words (Grammar) --- Functors (Grammar) --- Grammatical words (Grammar) --- Structural words (Grammar) --- Function words. --- Grammatical categories. --- Major form classes --- Closed-class words --- Empty words --- Form words --- Functors --- Grammatical words --- Structural words --- 801.56 --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Function words --- Philology