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  • The Role of Inflection in Scandinavian Syntaxby Anders Holmberg; Christer Platzack

    Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 55.00

    In this book, Holmberg and Platzack present a theory of the role which subject-verb agreement and case morphology play in syntax. Their theory is based mainly on a detailed comparison of syntactical inflectional properties in the various Scandinavian languages, although many other languages are discussed as well. The theoretical issues discussed include abstract vs. morphological case, functional heads, verb-second, null subjects and other empty categories, pronouns and clitics, various impersonal constructions, long distance reflexives, and the double object construction. Probably the most detailed and comprehensive study to date of the interplay of case, subject-verb agreement, and other grammatical properties in the syntax of related languages,... more...

  • Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic Languagesby Sten Vikner

    Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 69.00

    This book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive (or "dummy") subjects. The book applies the theory of Principles-and-Parameters to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.  more...

  • A handbook of Germanic etymologyby V.E. Orel

    BRILL 2003; US$ 241.00

    A reconstruction of the Proto-Germanic vocabulary as attested in ancient and modern Germanic languages and projected to the Proto-Germanic level. It contains linguistic information giving an outline of Proto-Germanic language, culture and prehistoric tradition. more...

  • Texts & contexts of the oldest Runic inscriptionsby T. Looijenga

    BRILL 2003; US$ 204.00

    This work gathers all older fufark inscriptions found in Denmark, Germany, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Hungary, Bosnia, Rumania, Norway and Sweden. It includes essays on early runic writing, the contexts of runic objects, and a theory on the origin of runic writing. more...

  • Colloquial Icelandicby Daisy L. Neijmann

    Taylor & Francis 2001; US$ 28.95

    This series of lessons in written and spoken Icelandic should prove a helpful introduction to the language. Written by an experienced language teacher, "Colloquial Icelandic" aims to give the reader the confidence to communicate in a wide range of everyday situations. more...

  • The Germanic Languagesby Wayne Harbert

    Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 45.00

    Comparative linguistic survey of the full range of Germanic languages, providing a detailed account of their morphology, phonology and syntax. more...

  • The Grammar of Identityby Volker Gast

    Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 173.00

    This original treatment of an extremely complex and interesting subject matter within Germanic languages and theoretical linguistics, investigates why intensifiers and reflexives are formally indistinguishable in so many languages around the world. more...

  • Die sprachliche Benennung von Personen aus konstruktivistischer Sichtby Antje Hornscheidt

    Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2006; US$ 172.80

    In this study, a new theory on forms of personal reference is developed from a constructivistic cognitive theory expressed in terms of “personal appellation”. This theory is tested empirically, using gender specification in personal appellation in modern more...

  • The Syntax of Tenselessnessby Anna-Lena Wiklund

    Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2007; US$ 105.30

    Tense/Mood/Aspect-agreeing Infinitivals is an in-depth investigation of the syntax of verb-verb agreement phenomena in Swedish, including pseudocoordinations of the form John started and wrote 'John started writing' and double participles of the form John more...

  • The Syntax of Icelandicby Höskuldur Thráinsson

    Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 40.00

    A guide to the structure of Icelandic, focusing on characteristics that have contributed greatly to syntactic research. more...