Cyclic phonology–syntax-interaction : movement to first position in German

  • This paper investigates the nature of the attraction of XPs to clauseinitial position in German (and other languages). It argues that there are two different types of preposing. First, an XP can move when it is attracted by an EPP-like feature of Comp. Comp can, however, also attract elements that bear the formal marker of some semantic or pragmatic (information theoretic) function. This second type of movement is driven by the attraction of a formal property of the moved element. It has often been misanalysed as “operator” movement in the past.

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Author:Gisbert FanselowORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1112189
URL:http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/826/
Parent Title (German):Interdisciplinary studies on information structure / Ishihara, S., M. Schmitz and A. Schwarz (eds.) ; Working Papers of the SFB 632, Interdisciplinary studies on information structure ; Vol. 1
Publisher:Univ.-Verl.
Place of publication:Potsdam
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Year of Completion:2004
Year of first Publication:2004
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2008/11/06
Tag:Abar- movement; focus movement; operator movement; topicalization
Page Number:42
First Page:1
Last Page:42
Source:Working Papers of the SFB 632, Interdisciplinary Studies on Information Structure (ISIS), 1, 2004, S. 1-42 ; http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/826/
HeBIS-PPN:207576238
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht

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