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Broekhuis, Hans

Derivations and Evaluations : Object Shift in the Germanic Languages / Hans Broekhuis. - 1 online resource (382 p.) - Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] , 97 0167-4331 ; .

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1 Derivations (MP) and Evaluations -- (OT) -- Chapter 2 Short object shiftThis -- Chapter 3 Regular object shift -- Chapter 4 Object shift and other movement -- types -- Chapter 5 Predicate movement -- Chapter 6 Summary and conclusion -- Backmatter

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This study shows that Scandinavian object shift and so-called A-scrambling in the continental Germanic languages are the same, and aims at providing an account of the variation that we find with respect to this phenomenon by combining certain aspects of the Minimalist Program and Optimality Theory. More specifically, it is claimed that representations created by a simplified version of the computational system of human language CHL are evaluated in an optimality theoretic fashion by taking recourse to a very small set of output constraints.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9783110198645 9783110207200

Standard No.: 10.1515/9783110207200 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Germanic languages--Direct object.
Germanic languages--Grammar, Generative.
Germanic languages--Indirect object.
Germanic languages--Syntax.
Generative Syntax.
Germanische Sprachen.
Syntax.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.

Subjects--Index Terms: Germanic languages, Scandinavian languages, Minimalist Program, Optimality Theory.

LC Class. No.: PD369 / .G76 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 430.045