Topic Drop and Null Subjects in German /
TRUTKOWSKI, Ewa
Topic Drop and Null Subjects in German / Ewa Trutkowski. - 1 online resource (257 p.) - Linguistics & Philosophy ; 6 .
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1. Overview -- 2. Topic Drop in German: (The Lack of) Identity between Antecedent and Gap -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Verbatim and Non-verbatim Topic Drop: Two Kinds of Topic Drop in German -- 2.3 An Empirical Basis for the VTD/NVTD Distinction -- 2.4 Structural Well-Formedness Conditions on VTD and NVTD -- 2.5 Topic Drop and the Event Structure of Structural and Oblique Case Assigning Verbs -- 2.6 Topic Drop and the Representation of +/-Complex Events -- 2.7 Appendix: Topic Drop of Expletive Elements -- 3. Topic Drop in German: The Interpretation of the Gap -- 4. Null Subjects at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface -- References -- Index
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110446173
10.1515/9783110446173 doi
DE-Filologie
resursă online
PF3398.N85 / T78 2016
Topic Drop and Null Subjects in German / Ewa Trutkowski. - 1 online resource (257 p.) - Linguistics & Philosophy ; 6 .
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1. Overview -- 2. Topic Drop in German: (The Lack of) Identity between Antecedent and Gap -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Verbatim and Non-verbatim Topic Drop: Two Kinds of Topic Drop in German -- 2.3 An Empirical Basis for the VTD/NVTD Distinction -- 2.4 Structural Well-Formedness Conditions on VTD and NVTD -- 2.5 Topic Drop and the Event Structure of Structural and Oblique Case Assigning Verbs -- 2.6 Topic Drop and the Representation of +/-Complex Events -- 2.7 Appendix: Topic Drop of Expletive Elements -- 3. Topic Drop in German: The Interpretation of the Gap -- 4. Null Subjects at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface -- References -- Index
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110446173
10.1515/9783110446173 doi
DE-Filologie
resursă online
PF3398.N85 / T78 2016