Chapter 10. Complementizer agreement
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Germen J. de Haan
Abstract
Frisian belongs to the set of Germanic languages that show agreement between the complementizer and the subject, albeit in a very modest way. This paper compares two approaches to the nature of agreeing complementizers: a clitic analysis and an inflection analysis. Arguments are presented for the latter. Within the context of a more general theory of agreement, we discuss the nature of the dependency relation between the complementizer and the subject, claiming that it involves a limited form of incorporation of the subject into the complementizer. This analysis also makes an agreement approach to pro-drop in Frisian feasible. Finally we demonstrate that Frisian belongs to the subset of complementizer languages that have double agreement forms, i.e. the forms for non-inverted and inverted verbs are not entirely identical.
Abstract
Frisian belongs to the set of Germanic languages that show agreement between the complementizer and the subject, albeit in a very modest way. This paper compares two approaches to the nature of agreeing complementizers: a clitic analysis and an inflection analysis. Arguments are presented for the latter. Within the context of a more general theory of agreement, we discuss the nature of the dependency relation between the complementizer and the subject, claiming that it involves a limited form of incorporation of the subject into the complementizer. This analysis also makes an agreement approach to pro-drop in Frisian feasible. Finally we demonstrate that Frisian belongs to the subset of complementizer languages that have double agreement forms, i.e. the forms for non-inverted and inverted verbs are not entirely identical.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Recent trends in Frisian linguistics 11
- Chapter 2. Why Old Frisian is really Middle Frisian 25
- Chapter 3. Syntax of Old Frisian 47
- Chapter 4. Finiteness and verb fronting 63
- Chapter 5. More is going on upstairs than downstairs 99
- Chapter 6. The Imperativus-pro-Infinitivo 131
- Chapter 7. Two infinitives 153
- Chapter 8. The verbal complex 165
- Chapter 9. The third construction 199
- Chapter 10. Complementizer agreement 215
- Chapter 11. Grammatical borrowing and language change 233
- Chapter 12. Frisian language changes 251
- Chapter 13. Recent changes in the verbal complex of Frisian 265
- Chapter 14. Contact-induced changes in Modern West Frisian 275
- Chapter 15. On the (in-)stability of Frisian 301
- Chapter 16. Nasalization and lengthening 317
- Chapter 17. Monophthongs and syllable structure 331
- Chapter 18. A lexical theory of schwa-deletion 341
- References 357
- Acknowledgements 379
- Index 381
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Recent trends in Frisian linguistics 11
- Chapter 2. Why Old Frisian is really Middle Frisian 25
- Chapter 3. Syntax of Old Frisian 47
- Chapter 4. Finiteness and verb fronting 63
- Chapter 5. More is going on upstairs than downstairs 99
- Chapter 6. The Imperativus-pro-Infinitivo 131
- Chapter 7. Two infinitives 153
- Chapter 8. The verbal complex 165
- Chapter 9. The third construction 199
- Chapter 10. Complementizer agreement 215
- Chapter 11. Grammatical borrowing and language change 233
- Chapter 12. Frisian language changes 251
- Chapter 13. Recent changes in the verbal complex of Frisian 265
- Chapter 14. Contact-induced changes in Modern West Frisian 275
- Chapter 15. On the (in-)stability of Frisian 301
- Chapter 16. Nasalization and lengthening 317
- Chapter 17. Monophthongs and syllable structure 331
- Chapter 18. A lexical theory of schwa-deletion 341
- References 357
- Acknowledgements 379
- Index 381
