PP-over-V meets Universal 20

Abstract It has proven hard to force a decision between rival analyses of Universal 20. This is because new typological data are scarce, and the number of syntactic tests applicable in the noun phrase is relatively small. I therefore consider a related set of facts that involve language-internal word order variation in the verb phrase. I first show that the pattern of grammatical and ungrammatical orders in Dutch verb phrases containing three PPs closely matches the pattern of attested and unattested orders in the noun phrase. I then use the distribution of the particle pas ‘only’ to argue tha... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Neeleman, Ad
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Reihe/Periodikum: The journal of comparative Germanic linguistics
Sprache: Englisch
Anmerkungen: © The Author(s) 2017
ISSN: 1383-4924
Weitere Identifikatoren: doi: 10.1007/s10828-017-9085-1
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/olc-benelux-2042972487
URL: NULL
NULL
Datenquelle: Online Contents Benelux; Originalkatalog
Powered By: Verbundzentrale des GBV (VZG)
Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-017-9085-1
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-017-9085-1