Table of Contents: Issues in formal German(ic) typology /

Other Authors:	Abraham, Werner.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Issues in formal German typology Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2002.
Series:	Linguistics today, Linguistik aktuell v. 45 =
Subjects:	Germanic languages > Grammar. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > German. Taaltypologie. Germaanse talen. Syntax. Sprachtypologie. Germanische Sprachen.
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253285

Table of Contents:

Issues in Formal German(ic) Typology; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors' addresses; Introduction; German clause structure under discourse functional weight; On the co-occurrence of expletives and definite subjects in Germanic; Reconsidering identificational focus; Decomposing existence; Polarity items in English and Danish; The argument-time structure of recipient constructions in German; Attributive adjectives in Germanic and Romance; Die Negationsklammer im Afrikaans; On the syntax and semantics of verb-complement constructions that involve 'creation'