Chapter 5. More is going on upstairs than downstairs
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Germen J. de Haan
Abstract
In this paper, we discuss (West) Frisian limited embedded V2-constructions introduced by the lexical complementizer dat (ECV2s). We argue that there is no evidence for the claim in the literature that conditions on extraction license structural embedding of CP-recursion in this language. It is shown that ECV2s in Frisian have generally the properties of root CPs, and that there is no reason to analyze such constructions differently from structural roots. As a consequence, the approach defended here treats ECV2s and their matrix clauses as a combination of independent expressions, i.e. as expressions having their own illocutionary role. This accounts for restrictions on the distribution of embedded V2. Finally, we demonstrate along the lines of Hoeksema & Napoli (1993) that ECV2s in Frisian are juxtaposed with their matrix clauses, i.e. they should be distinguished as cases of parataxis from ‘normal’ coordination.
Abstract
In this paper, we discuss (West) Frisian limited embedded V2-constructions introduced by the lexical complementizer dat (ECV2s). We argue that there is no evidence for the claim in the literature that conditions on extraction license structural embedding of CP-recursion in this language. It is shown that ECV2s in Frisian have generally the properties of root CPs, and that there is no reason to analyze such constructions differently from structural roots. As a consequence, the approach defended here treats ECV2s and their matrix clauses as a combination of independent expressions, i.e. as expressions having their own illocutionary role. This accounts for restrictions on the distribution of embedded V2. Finally, we demonstrate along the lines of Hoeksema & Napoli (1993) that ECV2s in Frisian are juxtaposed with their matrix clauses, i.e. they should be distinguished as cases of parataxis from ‘normal’ coordination.
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
