Eric Fuß
List of John Benjamins publications in which Eric Fuß is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2589-1588 | E‑ISSN 2589‑1596
Titles
The Evolution of Expletives: Theoretical and diachronic perspectives
Edited by Eric Fuß and Benjamin L. Sluckin
Special issue of Evolutionary Linguistic Theory 6:1/2 (2024) v, 243 pp.
The Rise of Agreement: A formal approach to the syntax and grammaticalization of verbal inflection
Eric Fuß
This book investigates the historical paths leading from pronouns to markers of verbal agreement and proposes a unified formal account of this grammaticalization process. In opposition to beliefs widely held in the literature, it is argued that new agreement formatives can be coined in a multitude… read more[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 81] 2005. xii, 336 pp.
Diachronic Clues to Synchronic Grammar
Edited by Eric Fuß and Carola Trips
This volume emphasizes a new line of thinking in generative grammar which acknowledges that certain synchronic properties of languages can only be fully understood if diachronic data is taken into consideration. The central topics addressed in this collection of papers are (1) a critical assessment… read more[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 72] 2004. viii, 228 pp.
2024 The evolution of expletives The Evolution of Expletives: Theoretical and diachronic perspectives, Fuß, Eric and Benjamin L. Sluckin (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Introduction
2017 A corpus-based analysis of pronoun choice in German relative clauses Current trends in analyzing syntactic variation, De Cuypere, Ludovic, Clara Vanderschueren and Gert de Sutter (eds.), pp. 195–218 | Article
This paper investigates the conditions that govern the choice between the German neuter singular relative pronouns das ‘that’ and was ‘what’. We show that das requires a lexical head noun, while in all other cases was is usually the preferred option; therefore, the distribution of das and was is… read more
2014 Complementizer agreement (in Bavarian): Feature inheritance or feature insertion? Bavarian Syntax: Contributions to the theory of syntax, Grewendorf, Günther and Helmut Weiß (eds.), pp. 51–82 | Article
In recent minimalist work, it has been argued that C-agreement provides conclusive support for the following theoretical hypotheses (cf. Carstens 2003; van Koppen 2005; Haegeman & van Koppen 2012): (i) C hosts a separate set of phi-features, a parametric choice possibly linked to the V2 property;… read more
2009 The syntax and semantics of the temporal anaphor “then” in Old and Middle English Advances in Comparative Germanic Syntax, Alexiadou, Artemis, Jorge Hankamer, Thomas McFadden, Justin Nuger and Florian Schäfer (eds.), pp. 171–196 | Article
The fact that þa/þonne ‘then’ trigger V2 in OE is commonly accounted for by assuming that these adverbs are operators that trigger V-to-C movement. This paper presents an alternative analysis based on the observation that þa/þonne and pronouns are in complementary distribution in preverbal position. read more
2004 Diachronic Clues to Pro-drop and complementizer agreement in Bavarian Diachronic Clues to Synchronic Grammar, Fuß, Eric and Carola Trips (eds.), pp. 59–100 | Chapter
2004 Introduction Diachronic Clues to Synchronic Grammar, Fuß, Eric and Carola Trips (eds.), pp. 1–29 | Miscellaneous