LINGUIST List 15.2338

Thu Aug 19 2004

Books: Semantics/Syntax: Lohnstein, Trissler (Eds)

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1. julia.ulrich, Syntax and Semantics of the Left Periphery: Lohnstein, Trissler (Eds)

Title: Syntax and Semantics of the Left Periphery
Series Title: Interface Explorations 9

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Mouton de Gruyter
		http://www.mouton-publishers.com

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.de/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-3110181215-1&l=E

Editor: Horst Lohnstein, University of Cologne, Germany
Editor: Susanne Trissler, University of Konstanz, Germany

Hardback: ISBN: 3110181215, Pages: x, 560, Price: EURO 98.00

			
Abstract:

The left periphery of clausal structures has been a prominent topic
of research in generative linguistics during the last decades. Closer
examination of its properties unfolds a rich array of perspectives
like the status of barriers for extraction and government, the
articulation of the topic focus structure, the fixation of wh-scope,
the marking of clausal types, the interaction of syntactic structure
with inflectional morphology as well as the determination of sentence
mood and illocutionary force to mention just a few. The purpose of
this book is to collect different and relevant studies in this field
and to give a general overview of the various theoretical approaches
concerned with morphological, syntactic and semantic properties
together with the diachronic development of the left periphery.


From the Contents:

Introduction Horst Lohnstein & Susanne Trissler - In Front of the
Prefield - Inside or Outside the Clause - Franz Josef Avis - The
Syntactic Integration of Preposed Adverbial Clauses on the German Left
Periphery: a Diachronic Perspective Katrin Axel - Decomposing the Left
Periphery - Dialectal and Cross-linguistic Evidence Josef Bayer -
Head-Movement in Minimalism and V/2 as FORCE-marking Ellen Brandner -
Uniformity and variation: On the relation of wh-phrases and sentence
moods in German Jan Eden - Notes on the syntax and the pragmatics of
German Left Dislocation Werner Frey - Inflectional Morphology and
Sentence Mood Constitution in German Horst Lohnstein & Ursula
Bredel - ET, Parasitic Gaps & German Clause Structure Uli Lutz -
Verb Position, Verbal Mood and the Anchoring (Potential) of Sentences
Andre Meinunger - Nonstandard wh-Questions and Alternative Checkers in
Pagot-to Hans-Georg Obenauer - The Particle li and the Left Periphery
of SlavicYes/No Interrogatives Kerstin Schwa-be - Binding by Verbs:
Tense, Person and Mood under Attitudes Arnim von Stechow -
Complementizer Selection and the Properties of Complement Clauses in
German Angelika Wollstein


Lingfield(s):	Linguistic Theories
		Semantics
		Syntax
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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