Year: 2001
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: With regard to the splitting of the verb-particle complex, the behaviour of English PV's differs from that of their German, Dutch, and Scandinavian counterparts. It is assumed in generative circles that the complex verb is base-generated in the VP-fmal position in the V2-1anguages German and Dutch. In V2 contexts such as main clauses the verb obligatorily moves syntactically into the highest functional head position of the sentence, leaving the particle stranded in the base position:
Source: KOPS (University of Konstanz)
Author: Nicole Dehé
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2163988282