The Syntax of Icelandic - Rilegato

Thráinsson, Höskuldur

 
9780521591904: The Syntax of Icelandic

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A guide to the structure of Icelandic, focusing on characteristics that have contributed greatly to syntactic research.

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Descrizione del libro

Icelandic is a syntactically interesting language, with aspects of its word order, clause structure, agreement patterns, inflection and case system arousing much theoretical interest and debate in recent years. This is an informative guide to the structure of Icelandic, focusing on those characteristics that have contributed greatly to syntactic research.

Contenuti

1. Introduction; 2. Word order and clause structure; 3. Order of elements within the phrases; 4. Case, agreement, grammatical relations and thematic roles; 5. Passives, middles and unaccusatives; 6. Expletive constructions and clause structure; 7. Fronting, focussing, extraposition and NP-shift; 8. Finite and non-finite complements and adjuncts; 9. Pronouns, reflexives and empty categories.

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ISBN 10:  0521597900 ISBN 13:  9780521597906
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2007
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