Gereon Müller

List of John Benjamins publications in which Gereon Müller is involved.

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Morphology by Serial Optimization

Edited by Gereon Müller

Harmonic Serialism is a derivational version of Optimality Theory that has widely been pursued for phonology and syntax but so far much less for morphology. The harmonic serialist approach to inflectional morphology underlying the contributions to the present volume is virtually unique in that it… read more

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 289] 2025. v, 348 pp.

Constraints on Displacement: A phase-based approach

Gereon Müller

This monograph sets out to derive the effects of standard constraints on displacement like the Minimal Link Condition (MLC) and the Condition on Extraction Domain (CED) from more basic principles in a minimalist approach. Assuming that movement via phase edges is possible only in the presence of… read more

[Language Faculty and Beyond, 7] 2011. x, 339 pp.

Wh-Scope Marking

Edited by Uli Lutz, Gereon Müller and Arnim von Stechow

This volume is the first comprehensive overview of the syntax and semantics of wh-scope marking. Wh-scope marking constructions have recently received a lot of attention; their very existence and their intricate properties have important consequences for syntax, semantics, and the syntax–semantics… read more

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 37] 2000. vi, 483 pp.

Müller, Gereon 2025 An introduction to inflectional morphology in Harmonic Serialism Morphology by Serial Optimization, Müller, Gereon (ed.), pp. 1–51 | Chapter

This introductory chapter sets out to provide a concise overview of the approach to inflectional morphology based on Harmonic Serialism (a local, derivational version of Optimality Theory) developed in Müller (2020; 2024) and Gleim, Müller, Privizentseva & Tebay (2021; 2023). Furthermore, the… read more

Müller, Gereon 2025 Exponent movement in Irarutu possession marking Morphology by Serial Optimization, Müller, Gereon (ed.), pp. 270–305 | Chapter

In the Austronesian language Irarutu (spoken in North-West New Guinea), alienable possession is expressed by a person/number prefix, whereas inalienable possession is realized by (what may at first sight look like) a circumfix, i.e., there is a co-occurrence of the prefix used for alienable… read more

Keine, Stefan and Gereon Müller 2010 Non-zero/non-zero alternations in differential object marking Transitivity: Form, Meaning, Acquisition, and Processing, Brandt, Patrick and Marco García García (eds.), pp. 119–140 | Article

This article presents an extension of the theory of differential argument encoding developed in Aissen (1999, 2003). It is based on the empirical observation that the yes/no alternations envisaged in Aissen’s system are only part of a much broader less/more pattern. We maintain Aissen’s hypothesis… read more

Müller, Gereon 2002 10. Two types of remnant movement Dimensions of Movement: From features to remnants, Alexiadou, Artemis, Elena Anagnostopoulou, Sjef Barbiers and Hans-Martin Gärtner (eds.), pp. 209–241 | Chapter

Müller, Gereon 2002 Harmonic alignment and the hierarchy of pronouns in German Pronouns – Grammar and Representation, Simon, Horst J. and Heike Wiese (eds.), pp. 205–232 | Article

Lutz, Uli, Gereon Müller and Arnim von Stechow 2000 Introduction Wh-Scope Marking, Lutz, Uli, Gereon Müller and Arnim von Stechow (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Miscellaneous

Müller, Gereon 1997 Extraposition as Remnant Movement Rightward Movement, Beermann, Dorothee, David LeBlanc and Henk van Riemsdijk (eds.), pp. 215–246 | Article

Müller, Gereon 1995 On Extraposition & Succesive Cyclicity On Extraction and Extraposition in German, Lutz, Uli and Jürgen Pafel (eds.), pp. 213–244 | Article

Müller, Gereon and Wolfgang Sternefeld 1995 Extraction, lexical variation, and the theory of Barriers Lexical Knowledge in the Organization of Language, Egli, Urs, Peter E. Pause, Christoph Schwarze, Arnim von Stechow and Götz Wienold (eds.), pp. 35–80 | Article