Syntax of Imperatives in English and Germanic: Word Order Variation in the Minimalist Framework By Laura Rupp
2003 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 033399342X | PDF | 1 MB
2003 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 033399342X | PDF | 1 MB
This informative book examines several aspects of the syntax of imperative clauses in English and in a variety of other Germanic languages in the context of the challenge that apparent optional movement poses for the Minimalist Program. At a more general level, the book engages in current debate on one of the key issues in syntactic theory - the motivation for displacement operations in natural language.