Syntax of German

What do you know, if you know that a language has 'Object Verb' structure rather than 'Verb Object'? Hubert Haider examines the complex and systematic differences between German and English to demonstrate the implications of this syntactic structure within these and other languages.

List of contents

Foreword; Abbreviations; List of tables and figures; 1. A comparative survey: German - V2 and partially 'OV'; 2. The functional architecture of a German clause - facts and controversies; 3. Targeting the clause initial position - German wh-constructions; 4. Targeting left: clause internal word order and word order variation; 5. Targeting the right edge - extraposition; 6. Case: a nominative-accusative language with a four way case paradigm; 7. Non-finite verbs and their constructions; References.

About the author

Hubert Haider is Professor in Linguistics at the University of Salzburg. He has worked in Germany, the USA, Norway, Sweden, Japan and Morocco and his previous publications include Deutsche Syntax, Generativ – Vorstudien zur Theorie einer projektiven Grammatik (1993).

Summary

What do you know, if you know that a language has 'Object Verb' structure rather than 'Verb Object'? Hubert Haider examines the complex and systematic differences between German and English to demonstrate the implications of this syntactic structure within these and other languages.

Product details

• Authors: Hubert Haider, Hubert (Universitat Salzburg) Haider, Haider Hubert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781009289450
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928945-0
• No. of pages: 385
• Series: Cambridge Syntax Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, german, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology