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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 June 2012
    07 January 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511845314
    9780521865258
    9781009289450
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511845314
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.74kg, 386 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.572kg, 386 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Grammar and Syntax, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Syntax Guides
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    Subjects:
    Grammar and Syntax, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Syntax Guides
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    What do you know, if you know that a language has 'Object Verb' structure rather than 'Verb Object'? Answering this question and many others, this book provides an essential guide to the syntactic structure of German. It examines the systematic differences between German and English, which follow from this basic difference in sentence structure, and presents the main results of syntactic research on German. Topics covered include the strict word order in VO vs word order variation in OV, verb clustering, clause union effects, obligatory functional subject position, and subject-object asymmetries for extractions. Through this, a cross-model and cross-linguistic comparison evolves, highlighting the immediate implications for non-Germanic OV languages, and creating a detailed and comprehensive description of the syntactic differences that immediately follow from an OV type in contrast with a VO type like English. It will be of interest to all those interested in syntax and Germanic languages.

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