Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic Languages

Sten Vikner

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Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Linguistics and language evolution Historical Linguistics and Language Studies

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Abstract 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 (also known as the "government-binding theory") to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.

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