Bavarian Syntax – The Left Clausal Periphery
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Bavarian Syntax – The Left Clausal Periphery

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Bavarian Syntax – The Left Clausal Periphery

About this book

Bavarian syntax is widely known for its productive "Doubly-Filled COMP" (DFC) property and for the rare phenomenon of inflecting complementizers. It is less widely known that DFC also extends to declaratives. Topicalization out of a preposed CP can leave a gap, with various consequences. DFC is in addition not available as unconditionally as previously thought. Short wh-words seem to blur the traditional division between heads (C) and phrases (wh-XP). As for the inner clausal syntax, Bavarian shows hierarchically organized discourse particles among which the clitic version 'n of the particle denn plays a distinct role. Various tests as well as empirical investigations suggests that 'n has lost its semantic residues and has turned into a wh-agreement marker.

The studies presented in this book are relevant for anyone interested in German morpho-syntax and in syntactic theory, linguistic micro-variation, comparative Germanic and historical linguistics. It touches on various questions concerning the licensing of empty categories, the clausal architecture, word order and the consequences of grammaticalization for the synchronic appearance of the language. As such, the book is relevant for students and researchers of syntactic theory, variation, German(ic) syntax, German(ic) dialectology, comparative linguistics and the development of language.

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Yes, you can access Bavarian Syntax – The Left Clausal Periphery by Josef Bayer in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & German Language. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 COMP in Bavarian syntax
  6. 2 Asymmetry in emphatic topicalization
  7. 3 Cliticization, reanalysis and the licensing of zero forms: two examples from Bavarian
  8. 4 Syntactic and phonological properties of wh-operators and wh-movement in Bavarian
  9. 5 Doubly filled comp, wh head-movement, and derivational economy
  10. 6 On the syntactic status of ‘n in Bavarian wh-questions
  11. 7 Bavarian discourse particles in wh-questions with a note on North-East Italian dialects
  12. Index