Non-Projecting Words A Case Study of Swedish Particles

Name: Non-Projecting Words A Case Study of Swedish Particles
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ISBN: 9781402015328

ISBN-10: 1402015321

ISBN-13: 9781402015328

Edition: 2003

Authors: Ida Toivonen

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Focusing primarily on Swedish, a Germanic language whose particles have not previously been studied extensively, Non-Projecting Words: A Case Study on Swedish Particles develops a theory of non-projecting words in which particles are morphologically independent words that do not project phrases. Particles have long constituted a puzzle for Germanic syntax, as they exhibit properties of both morphological and syntactic constructs. Although non-projecting words have appeared in the literature before, it has gone largely unnoticed that such structures violate the basic tenets of X-bar theory. This work identifies these violations and develops a formally explicit revision of X-bar theory that…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 9/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 237
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.45" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements



Introduction



Empirical Motivation



Phrase Structure



Verbal Particles in the Swedish VP



The Meaning of Swedish Particles



Other Germanic Languages



Conclusion



Economy of Expressiony


References


Index of Names


Index of Subjects