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Incomplete Category Fronting

A Derivational Approach to Remnant Movement in German

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Gereon Müller

    1. University of Tübingen, Germany

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Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (SNLT, volume 42)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Incomplete Category Fronting

    • Gereon Müller
    Pages 1-28

  3. Movement Theory

    • Gereon Müller
    Pages 29-103

  4. Proper Binding

    • Gereon Müller
    Pages 105-139

  5. Anti-Freezing

    • Gereon Müller
    Pages 141-211

  6. Remnant Movement Asymmetries

    • Gereon Müller
    Pages 213-293

  7. Intermediate Traces and Extraposition

    • Gereon Müller
    Pages 295-321

  8. Concluding Remarks

    • Gereon Müller
    Pages 323-324

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 325-342
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About this book

Incomplete Category Fronting is a detailed investigation of the syntax of incomplete category fronting in German, carried out from a cross-linguistic perspective. The study presents a wealth of empirical evidence involving unbound traces created by remnant topicalization, wh-movement, scrambling, left dislocation, and extraposition. Four characteristic properties of remnant movement are identified that pose severe problems for a representational movement theory. It is argued that these properties can be fruitfully addressed on the basis of Chomsky's minimalist program, and that they follow from a derivational movement theory that incorporates the Barriers Condition, the Strict Cycle Condition, Fewest Steps, Last Resort, and the Minimal Link Condition but completely dispenses with surface filters. Incomplete Category Fronting provides an empirical underpinning for the minimalist program and presents a powerful argument for a derivational theory of grammar.
Audience: Incomplete Category Fronting will interest all linguists working on theoretical syntax, Germanic syntax or the syntax-semantics interface.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Tübingen, Germany

    Gereon Müller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Incomplete Category Fronting

  • Book Subtitle: A Derivational Approach to Remnant Movement in German

  • Authors: Gereon Müller

  • Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1864-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4837-5Published: 31 December 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4941-4Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1864-6Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4670

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0358

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 342

  • Topics: Syntax, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics

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