Topic Drop and Null Subjects in German
- This study presents new insights into null subjects, topic drop and the interpretation of topic-dropped elements. Besides providing an empirical data survey, it offers explanations to well-known problems, e.g. syncretisms in the context of null-subject licensing or the marginality of dropping an element which carries oblique case. The book constitutes a valuable source for both empirically and theoretically interested (generative) linguists.
Author details: | Ewa Trutkowski |
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ISBN: | 978-3-11-044413-1 |
Title of parent work (German): | Linguistics & Philosophy ; 6 |
Publisher: | de Gruyter |
Place of publishing: | Berlin |
Supervisor(s): | Peter Staudacher, Helmut Weiß |
Publication type: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 2016 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Granting institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2016/05/24 |
Number of pages: | 248 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 43 Deutsch, germanische Sprachen allgemein / 430 Germanische Sprachen; Deutsch |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft |