The Syntax of Icelandic

Höskuldur Thráinsson

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511619441

Icelandic is a syntactically interesting language, with aspects of its word order, clause structure, agreement patterns and case system arousing much theoretical interest and debate in recent years. This is an informative and accessible guide to the structure of Icelandic, focusing in particular on those characteristics that have contributed greatly to syntactic research. Each chapter is divided into two main sections - providing both a descriptive overview and a discussion of the theoretical and comparative issues involved - and a wide range of topics are covered, including case, agreement, grammatical relations, thematic roles, word order, clause structure, fronting, extraposition, complement, adjuncts, pronouns, and inflection. Also explored in detail are the similarities and differences between Icelandic and other related languages. Presupposing only a basic knowledge of syntax and complete with an extensive bibliography, this comprehensive survey will be an important tool for all those working on the structure of Scandinavian and Germanic languages.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface and acknowledgements
pp ix-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-16

2 - Word order and clause structure
pp 17-87

3 - Order of elements within the phrase
pp 88-145

4 - Case, agreement, grammatical relations and thematic roles
pp 146-248

5 - Passives, middles and unaccusatives
pp 249-308

6 - Different types of expletive constructions
pp 309-340

7 - Fronting, focusing, extraposition and NP-shift
pp 341-393

8 - Finite and non-finite complements and adjuncts
pp 394-460

9 - Pronouns, reflexives and empty categories
pp 461-504

References
pp 505-529

Index of subjects
pp 530-554

Index of languages and dialects
pp 555-559

Index of names
pp 560-563

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