Advances in Comparative Germanic Syntax

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Advances in Comparative Germanic Syntax vii
4. Part I. Cartography and the left periphery
5. On a ( wh -)moved Topic in Italian, compared to Germanic 3
6. C-agreement or something close to it 41
7. Uncharted territory? 59
8. Bootstrapping verb movement and the clausal architecture of German (and other languages) 85
9. A conjunction conspiracy at the West Germanic left periphery 119
10. Part II. Word order and movement
11. Reconsidering odd coordination in German 151
12. The syntax and semantics of the temporal anaphor “then” in Old and Middle English 171
13. Jespersen’s Cycle and the issue of prosodic ‘weakness’ 197
14. Holmberg’s Generalization 219
15. Part III. Thematic relations and NP realization
16. The No Case Generalization 249
17. The new impersonal as a true passive 281
18. Anaphoric distribution in the prepositional phrase 307
19. Part IV. Finiteness and modality
20. Experiencers with (un)willingness 327
21. Finiteness 357
22. Index of subjects & languages 391