Comparative Germanic Syntax

This course examines the comparative syntax of the Germanic languages, including German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Frisian, Yiddish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese, and English. We explore questions of synchronic micro-and macrovariation, as well as the historical development of Germanic, through readings in the primary theoretical literature. Topics and languages may vary depending on participant interests and language expertise.

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[2]  Wolfgang Sternefeld,et al.  Improper movement and unambiguous binding , 1993 .

[3]  Anders Holmberg,et al.  The Scandinavian Languages , 2005 .

[4]  A. Zaenen,et al.  Case and grammatical functions: The Icelandic passive , 1985 .

[5]  Gisbert Fanselow,et al.  On the correlation between morphology and syntax: The case of V-to-I , 2002 .

[6]  Molly Diesing,et al.  Yiddish VP Order and the Typology of Object Movement in Germanic , 1997 .

[7]  Susi Wurmbrand,et al.  How Complex Are Complex Predicates , 2007 .

[8]  C. Zwart.  Complementizer agreement and dependency marking typology , 2006 .

[9]  O. Koeneman.  Features, categories and the syntax of A-positions: crosslinguistic variation in the Germanic languages , 2004 .

[10]  Sigrid Beck,et al.  Wh-Scope Marking: Direct vs. Indirect Dependency , 2000 .

[11]  Rolf Noyer,et al.  Movement Operations after Syntax , 2001, Linguistic Inquiry.

[12]  Michael Grüninger,et al.  Introduction , 2002, CACM.

[13]  R. D. Gorog,et al.  The Scandinavian languages , 1977 .

[14]  J. Merchant.  Object scrambling and quantifier float in German , 1996 .

[15]  Vera Lee-Schoenfeld.  Beyond Coherence: The syntax of opacity in German , 2007 .

[16]  Eric Haeberli,et al.  Inflectional Morphology and the Loss of Verb-Second in English , 2002 .

[17]  Anders Holmberg,et al.  Remarks on Holmberg's generalization , 1999 .

[18]  Jorge Hankamer,et al.  When Movement Must Be Blocked: A Reply to Embick and Noyer , 2005, Linguistic Inquiry.