1. Introduction |
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1.2 The Basic Syntactic Phenomena of West Germanic |
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21 | (7) |
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1.5 Theoretical Assumptions |
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2. Scrambling |
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2.1 The Grammatical Nature of Scrambling |
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2.2 The Properties of Scrambling in German |
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2.3 Scrambling and Optional Movement |
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46 | (4) |
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2.5 Coping with Optionality |
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2.6 Feature Checking and Scope |
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2.7 Addressing Vikner's Problem |
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3. Coherent Infinitives in Dutch and West Flemish |
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3.1 Coherent Infinitives in Dutch |
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3.2 Coherent Infinitives in West Flemish |
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4. A Remnant Movement Account of Restructuring |
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4.1 The Verb-Final Position in Infinitives |
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4.2 Evidence for Licensing Movement out of the VP |
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4.3 An XP-Movement Account of Restructuring |
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4.4 Toward a Theory of Sentential Complementation |
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5. Coherent Infinitives in German |
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5.1 Evidence for Biclausality |
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5.2 Verbs That Take To-Infinitives as Complements |
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5.3 The Idiosyncractic Properties of Coherent To-Infinitives |
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5.4 A Biclausal Account of Coherent To-Infinitives |
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5.5 Explaining the Properties of Coherent To-Infinitives |
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6. Verbal Complexes and the Syntax of IPP-Complements |
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6.1 Left-Branching Verb Clusters in German |
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6.2 The Syntax of IPP-Constructions |
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6.3 Right-Branching Verb Clusters in German |
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6.4 Overview of the Structure of Verb Clusters |
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7. Open Issues: Extraposition, VP-Topicalization, and the Status of Gerunds |
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7.1 Verbal Complexes and the Distribution of CP-Complements |
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186 | (4) |
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7.2 Topicalization of Verb Projections |
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190 | (8) |
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7.3 Toward a Movement Account of VP-Topicalization |
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7.4 The Status of the Gerund |
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8. Summary and Conclusions |
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8.1 Scrambling and Optionality |
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8.2 A VO-Based Account of Verb Raising and Verb Projection Raising |
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8.3 Coherent Infinitives in German and the Issue of Monoclausality |
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221 | (3) |
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8.4 The IPP-Effect and the Unified Account of Verb Clusters in West Germanic |
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224 | (3) |
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8.5 Extraposition, VP-Topicalization, and the Status of Gerunds |
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227 | (2) |
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8.6 The Connection between Scrambling, Remnant Movement, and Restructuring |
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Notes |
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References |
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Index |
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