The Role of Inflection in Scandinavian Syntax

Name: The Role of Inflection in Scandinavian Syntax
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Intro
Contents
Chapter One: Comparative Scandinavian Syntax
1.1. Introduction
1.1.1. Overview
1.1.2. Scandinavian Syntax
1.2. Theoretical Assumptions
1.2.1. The Theoretical Framework
1.2.2. The Organization of Grammar
1.2.3. Phrase Structure
1.2.4. Functional heads and projections
1.2.5. Finiteness
1.2.6. Predication and the Extended Projection Principle
1.2.7. Government
1.2.8. The Empty Category Principle
1.2.9. Head Movement and the Procrastinate Principle
1.3. Case Theory
1.3.1. Lexical and structural Case-checking
1.3.2. Structural accusative Case and the analysis of the predicate
1.3.3. Lexical Case and the analysis of the predicate
1.3.4. On the nature of m-case
Chapter Two: A General Theory of Sentence Structure, Finiteness, and Nominative Case
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The position of [+F] and the licensing of nominative Case
2.3. Languages with [+F] in Infl
2.3.1. Introduction
2.3.2. Romance languages
2.3.3. The Kru-languages
2.3.4. Celtic languages
2.3.5. Hungarian
2.3.6. English
2.4. The loss of Verb second in French and English
2.4.1. Introduction
2.4.2. Subject Clitics
2.4.3. Consequences of the change of position for [+F]
2.4.4. The lexicalization of [+F]
2.4.5. The licensing of small pro
2.4.6. Summary
2.5. Conclusions
Chapter Three: Verb Second Languages, Root-Embedded Asymmetries, Root Phenomena in Embedded Clauses, and Long Distance Reflexives
3.1. Introduction
3.2. A unified account of Verb second
3.3. The word order of subordinate clauses
3.4. Root phenomena in embedded clauses
3.4.1. Introduction
3.4.2. The C-recursion analysis
3.4.3. EMC and the role of Agr
3.4.4. The interpretation of embedded main clauses
3.4.5. Conclusion
3.5. Long distance reflexives
3.5.1. Introduction
3.5.2. The finiteness chain
3.5.3. Predicted properties of LDC
3.6. Conclusions
Chapter Four: Null Subjects, Small pro and the Role of Agr
4.1. Introduction
4.1.1. The ISc. vs. MSc. difference
4.2. Expletive subjects in the Scandinavian languages
4.3. The theory of small pro
4.3.1. Introduction
4.3.2. Licensing condition of small pro
4.3.3. The identification of pro
4.3.4. Summary and conclusion
4.4 Non-nominative elements in Spec-IP: Oblique subjects
4.5. Stylistic Fronting
4.6. Diachronic support
Chapter Five: The Role of Agr and the Licensing of Nominative DPs within VP
5.1. Introduction
5.2. The licensing of nominative Case
5.3. Nominative DP in the complement of V
5.4. Nominative in Spec-VP
5.4.1. Introduction
5.4.2. The proper head government requirement on overt DPs
5.4.3. Further consequences of the different status of Spec-VP in MSc. and ISc
5.5. Indirect Licensing via a chain of heads
5.6. Concluding remarks
Chapter Six: Object Shift
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Object shift is movement of pronoun or DP
6.3. The nature of Object shift: A-movement, A-bar movement, Head movement or PF-movement?
6.3.1. Object shift is not A-bar movement
6.3.2. Object shift is not (standard) A-movement
6.3.3. Object shift is not a PF-rule
6.3.4. Object shift is not movement to Spec-AgrO
6.3.5. Object shift is not cliticization
6.3.6. A note on long Object shift in Swedish
6.4. Explaining the mixed character of Object shift
6.5. The role of Case in Object shift
6.5.1. Why do shifted pronouns and DPs land in the leftmost periphery of the predicate?
6.5.2. Why is shifting obligatory with weak pronouns but optional with full DPs?
6.5.3. Why is shifting possible only when the main verb has moved to I?
6.5.4. Why are only weak pronouns shifted in MSc., while any definite DP can be shifted in Icelandic?
6.5.5. An exception: dative objects
6.5.6. Case in Faroese, the Case of strong pronouns, and the structure of DP
6.5.7. Why are indefinite noun phrases not shifted?
6.6. Implications of Object shift for the analysis of the sentence
Chapter Seven: The Double Object Construction
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Differences between Icelandic and MSc. as regards the DOC
7.3. The analysis of triadic verb constructions
7.3.1. The DOC
7.3.2. The to-construction
7.4. Case in the DOC in MSc
7.5. Case in the DOC in Icelandic: lexical selection
7.6. Accounting for the differences between MSc. and ISc
7.6.1. Free benefactives
7.6.2. The to-construction
7.6.3. Inversion
7.6.4. Ottósson's objections
7.6.5. The passivization asymmetry
7.6.6. DO passives in Norwegian and Swedish
Chapter Eight: Conclusions
References
Index of languages
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
R
S
T
V
W
Y
Index of names
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
W
Y
Z
Index of subjects
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W

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