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  1. The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
  2. The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics : Volume 15
  3. The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics : Volume 15, Issue 2, July 2012
  4. Multiple XP-fronting in Middle Low German root clauses
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Multiple XP-fronting in Middle Low German root clauses

Content Provider Springer Nature Link
Author Petrova, Svetlana
Copyright Year 2012
Abstract In this paper, I address word order variation in root clauses in Middle Low German (MLG). This historical stage, neglected in previous formal research on word order, is remarkable in that it displays well-known properties of modern continental West-Germanic syntax, above all verb-second order in root clauses, but at the same time allows violations against this constraint. By using diagnostic evidence, I show that orders violating the verb-second rule are of two types: (i) clauses in which no verb fronting applies, and (ii) clauses in which the finite verb is moved to the left periphery but not to the second position, allowing more than one XP to precede it. The latter order is referred to as multiple XP-fronting and is the subject of detailed analysis. Given the fact that modern German also allows multiple XP-fronting under certain conditions that are compatible with the verb-second rule, I show that the properties of multiple XP-fronting in MLG are of a different kind. More importantly, fronted XPs in multiple XP-fronting constructions in MLG display robust ordering principles with respect to information structure, which supports an analysis in line with the cartographic approach to the structure of the left periphery put forward by Rizzi (1997).
Starting Page 157
Ending Page 188
Page Count 32
File Format PDF
ISSN 13834924
Journal The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
Volume Number 15
Issue Number 2
e-ISSN 15728552
Language English
Publisher Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date 2012-09-01
Publisher Place Dordrecht
Access Restriction Subscribed
Subject Keyword Middle Low German Verb second Information Structure Multiple XP-fronting in Germanic Syntax Linguistics (general) Germanic Languages Theoretical Languages Comparative Linguistics
Content Type Text
Resource Type Article
Subject Arts and Humanities Linguistics and Language
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