The left periphery as interface – On verb second and finiteness interaction
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Abstract
The components of finiteness (tense, mood, person and number) are scrutinized with reference to their influence on verb second word order. Semantic interpretations are assigned to basic properties of these categories, whose combination allows for a derivation of the main properties of (V2-)clauses in a compositional fashion. In particular, various uses of the notion as-sertion in the literature are investigated and analysed. We favour Frege’s analysis of the judgment and reconstruct the fronting of finiteness as anchoring a propositional object in the discourse situation, thereby modelling the grammatical basis of the notion at-issueness. The investigation is concerned with root as well as with dependent clauses.
Abstract
The components of finiteness (tense, mood, person and number) are scrutinized with reference to their influence on verb second word order. Semantic interpretations are assigned to basic properties of these categories, whose combination allows for a derivation of the main properties of (V2-)clauses in a compositional fashion. In particular, various uses of the notion as-sertion in the literature are investigated and analysed. We favour Frege’s analysis of the judgment and reconstruct the fronting of finiteness as anchoring a propositional object in the discourse situation, thereby modelling the grammatical basis of the notion at-issueness. The investigation is concerned with root as well as with dependent clauses.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Form and function of verb second – an overview 1
- A grammar competition analysis of V2 phenomena in second language acquisition 47
- How much verb moves to second position? 77
- Notes on the left periphery of V2 complement clauses in German: Complementiser drop and complementiser doubling 123
- Assertive potential, speaker evidence and embedded V2 147
- What kind of main clause phenomenon is V2 in German? 169
- The left periphery as interface – On verb second and finiteness interaction 207
- Variation and change in the licensing of dependent V2 in German 251
- On the licensing of null subjects in Old Venetian 277
- Verb third as Cluster movement in German 295
- On the role of the left periphery in the interpretation of causal Wo-VE-clauses 329
- Parentheticals, root phenomena, and V2 in German 371
- Verb movement and topicalization in German 413
- Addresses 445
- Index 447
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Form and function of verb second – an overview 1
- A grammar competition analysis of V2 phenomena in second language acquisition 47
- How much verb moves to second position? 77
- Notes on the left periphery of V2 complement clauses in German: Complementiser drop and complementiser doubling 123
- Assertive potential, speaker evidence and embedded V2 147
- What kind of main clause phenomenon is V2 in German? 169
- The left periphery as interface – On verb second and finiteness interaction 207
- Variation and change in the licensing of dependent V2 in German 251
- On the licensing of null subjects in Old Venetian 277
- Verb third as Cluster movement in German 295
- On the role of the left periphery in the interpretation of causal Wo-VE-clauses 329
- Parentheticals, root phenomena, and V2 in German 371
- Verb movement and topicalization in German 413
- Addresses 445
- Index 447
