German Syntax

A Structure Removal Approach

Gereon Müller (Universität Leipzig)

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Cambridge University Press
06 March 2025

Grammar, syntax

Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

Exploring the major syntactic phenomena of German, this book provides a state-of-the-art account of German syntax, as well as an outline of the key aspects of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. It is one of the first comprehensive studies of the entire syntactic component of a natural language within the Minimalist Program, covering core issues including clause structure, binding, case, agreement, control, and movement. It introduces a phase-based theory of syntax that establishes Remove, an operation that removes syntactic structure, as a mirror image of Merge, which builds syntactic structure. This unified approach resolves many cases of conflicting structure assignments in syntax, as they occur with passivization, restructuring, long-distance passivization, complex prefields, bridge verbs, applicatives, null objects, pseudo-noun incorporation, nominal concord, and ellipsis. It will pave the way for similar research into other languages and is essential reading for anyone interested in the syntax of German, syntactic theory, or the Minimalist Program.

By: Gereon Müller (Universität Leipzig)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009518031
ISBN 10: 1009518038
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 06 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Structure building; 2. Structure removal; 3. Passive; 4. Restructuring; 5. Long-distance passive; 6. Complex prefields; 7. Further phenomena; 8. Concluding remarks; References; Index.

Gereon Müller is Professor of General Lingustics at Universität Leipzig. His recent publications include Constraints on Displacement (2011), Syntactic Buffers (2014), and Inflectional Morphology in Harmonic Serialism (2020).

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A Structure Removal Approach

Gereon Müller (Universität Leipzig)

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