Clausal Syntax of German is the first large-scale treatment of German syntax in the framework of Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG). Addressing both empirical and theoretical concerns, this book examines well-known yet still controversial phenomena that pose specific challenges for LFG. In LFG, syntactic functions can be identified by morphology instead of being derived from phrase structure configurations. This makes LFG well-suited for analyzing German, a language with relatively free word order and a relatively rich morphology. The author applies LFG principles to three main areas of theoretical interest: subjects, traces, and complement clauses. In doing so, the author analyzes central topics of German syntax including phrase structure, "subjectless" clauses, expletives, agreement, weak crossover, long-distance dependencies, the distribution of subordinated clauses, correlative pronouns, and embedded clauses.

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