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Inner-sentential Propositional Proforms
Syntactic properties and interpretative effects
Editors
This book deals with sentential proforms and their relationship to their associated clauses. Sentential proforms are highly interesting from the point of view of grammatical theory, since their occurrence is determined not only by syntax, but also by prosody and semantics. The present volume contributes to a better understanding of the interfaces between these different levels. By providing syntactic, prosodic, semantic, psycholinguistic and corpus-based support, this book underpins the claim that there exist different sentential proform types in German and Dutch, that these proform types correlate with different verb classes, and that their associated related clauses are located in different syntactic positions. The present volume also looks at a Hungarian sentential proform construction, which is similar to the German(ic) structure, but, at the same time, is different in its licensing conditions.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 232] 2016. v, 278 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 11 July 2016
Published online on 11 July 2016
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Sentential proforms: An overviewKerstin Schwabe, Werner Frey and André Meinunger | pp. 1–22
- Correlates of object clauses in German and DutchStefan Sudhoff | pp. 23–48
- Correlative es vs. das in German: An empirical perspectiveKatrin Axel-Tober, Anke Holler and Helena Krause | pp. 49–72
- On properties differentiating constructions with inner-sentential pro-forms for clausesWerner Frey | pp. 73–104
- Some distinctions in the right periphery of the German clauseHubert Truckenbrodt | pp. 105–146
- Phonological, morphosyntactic and semantic properties of esIlse Zimmermann | pp. 147–170
- On the formation of prepositional adverbs in Modern German: A case study on darunterAndreas Nolda | pp. 171–210
- Sentential proforms and argument conditionalsKerstin Schwabe | pp. 211–240
- Rethinking clausal asymmetries: Propositional pronoun insertion in HungarianJohan Brandtler and Valéria Molnár | pp. 241–270
- Name Index | pp. 271–272
- Subject Index | pp. 273–278
“Sentential pro-forms or correlates are at the core of the mechanisms that establish syntactic complexity. Various word order phenomena cannot be captured if the role of these elements or their silent counterparts is not well understood. The topic is a classic, and it recurs with every move of linguistic theory. In the present collection it is in the hands of a team of leading experts who are known for their integrative work on clause structure bringing syntax, semantics, prosodic phonology and new empirical methodologies together.”
Josef Bayer, Konstanz University
“Not only for Germanists – this collection makes accessible to a wider audience state-of-the art thinking on the intricate puzzles of German sentential pro-forms. If you are interested in the phenomenon from a syntactic, semantic or prosodic angle, you cannot avoid this book.”
Christopher Wilder, NTNU Trondheim
“For years, so-called correlates in German have presented a challenge to linguistic analysis, empirically and theoretically. What exactly are the conditions that trigger or block their occurrence? Is a correlate always one and the same thing? What kind of structure should be assigned to complex sentences containing an embedded clause with a correlate? Do we find similar phenomena in other languages? Written by eminent experts in their respective fields, the contributions offer convincing answers to central questions, based on new comprehensive empirical data and sophisticated theoretic thinking. In short: this is a “must read” for anybody interested in German correlates and related phenomena.”
Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, University of Oslo
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