This book addresses a general phenomenon in the European languages: verb second. The articles provide a comprehensive survey of synchronic vs. diachronic developments in the Germanic and Romance languages.New theoretical insights into the interaction of the properties of verbal mood and syntactic structure building lead to hypotheses about the mutual influence of these systems. The diachronic change in the syntax together with changes in the inflectional system show the interdependence between the syntactic and the inflectional component.The fact that the subjunctive can license verb second in dependent clauses reveals further dependencies between these subsystems of grammar. "Fronting finiteness" furthermore constitutes an instance of a main clause phenomenon. Whether "assertion" or "at-issueness" are encoded through this grammatical process will be a matter in the debates discussed in the book. Moreover, information structure appears to be directly related to the fronting of other constituents in front of the finite verb. Questions concerning the interrelations between these various subcomponents of the grammatical system are investigated.

This book addresses a general phenomenon in the European languages: verb second. The articles provide a comprehensive survey of synchronic vs. diachronic developments in the Germanic and Romance languages.New theoretical insights into the interaction of the properties of verbal mood and syntactic structure building lead to hypotheses about the mutual influence of these systems. The diachronic change in the syntax together with changes in the inflectional system show the interdependence between the syntactic and the inflectional component.The fact that the subjunctive can license verb second in dependent clauses reveals further dependencies between these subsystems of grammar. "Fronting finiteness" furthermore constitutes an instance of a main clause phenomenon. Whether "assertion" or "at-issueness" are encoded through this grammatical process will be a matter in the debates discussed in the book. Moreover, information structure appears to be directly related to the fronting of other constituents in front of the finite verb. Questions concerning the interrelations between these various subcomponents of the grammatical system are investigated.

This book addresses a general phenomenon in the European languages: verb second. The articles provide a comprehensive survey of synchronic vs. diachronic developments in the Germanic and Romance languages.New theoretical insights into the interaction of the properties of verbal mood and syntactic structure building lead to hypotheses about the mutual influence of these systems. The diachronic change in the syntax together with changes in the inflectional system show the interdependence between the syntactic and the inflectional component.The fact that the subjunctive can license verb second in dependent clauses reveals further dependencies between these subsystems of grammar. "Fronting finiteness" furthermore constitutes an instance of a main clause phenomenon. Whether "assertion" or "at-issueness" are encoded through this grammatical process will be a matter in the debates discussed in the book. Moreover, information structure appears to be directly related to the fronting of other constituents in front of the finite verb. Questions concerning the interrelations between these various subcomponents of the grammatical system are investigated.

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die syntaktische und semantische Struktur deklarativer und interrogativer Satztypen des Deutschen. Der erarbeitete Ansatz steht im Einklang mit den prototypischen Verwendungen der behandelten Satztypen und erfasst zugleich die (a)symmetrische Distribution von [±wh]-Phrasen in der linken Satzperipherie von Verbzweit- und Verbletztsätzen. Im Fokus steht dabei der Beitrag der Finitumvoranstellung und der Topikalisierung einer [-wh]-Phrase zur Determinierung der Satztypbedeutung. Die zentrale Hypothese lautet, dass die Bewegung des Finitums und die Topikalisierung einer [–wh]-Phrase jeweils durch ein linksperipheres Satztypmerkmal [F1] bzw. [F2] ausgelöst werden, deren Interpretation das Kontextveränderungspotenzial des Satzes kompositionell bestimmt.

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die syntaktische und semantische Struktur deklarativer und interrogativer Satztypen des Deutschen. Der erarbeitete Ansatz steht im Einklang mit den prototypischen Verwendungen der behandelten Satztypen und erfasst zugleich die (a)symmetrische Distribution von [±wh]-Phrasen in der linken Satzperipherie von Verbzweit- und Verbletztsätzen. Im Fokus steht dabei der Beitrag der Finitumvoranstellung und der Topikalisierung einer [-wh]-Phrase zur Determinierung der Satztypbedeutung. Die zentrale Hypothese lautet, dass die Bewegung des Finitums und die Topikalisierung einer [–wh]-Phrase jeweils durch ein linksperipheres Satztypmerkmal [F1] bzw. [F2] ausgelöst werden, deren Interpretation das Kontextveränderungspotenzial des Satzes kompositionell bestimmt.

This book addresses a general phenomenon in the European languages: verb second. The articles provide a comprehensive survey of synchronic vs. diachronic developments in the Germanic and Romance languages.New theoretical insights into the interaction of the properties of verbal mood and syntactic structure building lead to hypotheses about the mutual influence of these systems. The diachronic change in the syntax together with changes in the inflectional system show the interdependence between the syntactic and the inflectional component.The fact that the subjunctive can license verb second in dependent clauses reveals further dependencies between these subsystems of grammar. "Fronting finiteness" furthermore constitutes an instance of a main clause phenomenon. Whether "assertion" or "at-issueness" are encoded through this grammatical process will be a matter in the debates discussed in the book. Moreover, information structure appears to be directly related to the fronting of other constituents in front of the finite verb. Questions concerning the interrelations between these various subcomponents of the grammatical system are investigated.

This book addresses a general phenomenon in the European languages: verb second. The articles provide a comprehensive survey of synchronic vs. diachronic developments in the Germanic and Romance languages.New theoretical insights into the interaction of the properties of verbal mood and syntactic structure building lead to hypotheses about the mutual influence of these systems. The diachronic change in the syntax together with changes in the inflectional system show the interdependence between the syntactic and the inflectional component.The fact that the subjunctive can license verb second in dependent clauses reveals further dependencies between these subsystems of grammar. "Fronting finiteness" furthermore constitutes an instance of a main clause phenomenon. Whether "assertion" or "at-issueness" are encoded through this grammatical process will be a matter in the debates discussed in the book. Moreover, information structure appears to be directly related to the fronting of other constituents in front of the finite verb. Questions concerning the interrelations between these various subcomponents of the grammatical system are investigated.

This book addresses a general phenomenon in the European languages: verb second. The articles provide a comprehensive survey of synchronic vs. diachronic developments in the Germanic and Romance languages.New theoretical insights into the interaction of the properties of verbal mood and syntactic structure building lead to hypotheses about the mutual influence of these systems. The diachronic change in the syntax together with changes in the inflectional system show the interdependence between the syntactic and the inflectional component.The fact that the subjunctive can license verb second in dependent clauses reveals further dependencies between these subsystems of grammar. "Fronting finiteness" furthermore constitutes an instance of a main clause phenomenon. Whether "assertion" or "at-issueness" are encoded through this grammatical process will be a matter in the debates discussed in the book. Moreover, information structure appears to be directly related to the fronting of other constituents in front of the finite verb. Questions concerning the interrelations between these various subcomponents of the grammatical system are investigated.

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die syntaktische und semantische Struktur deklarativer und interrogativer Satztypen des Deutschen. Der erarbeitete Ansatz steht im Einklang mit den prototypischen Verwendungen der behandelten Satztypen und erfasst zugleich die (a)symmetrische Distribution von [±wh]-Phrasen in der linken Satzperipherie von Verbzweit- und Verbletztsätzen. Im Fokus steht dabei der Beitrag der Finitumvoranstellung und der Topikalisierung einer [-wh]-Phrase zur Determinierung der Satztypbedeutung. Die zentrale Hypothese lautet, dass die Bewegung des Finitums und die Topikalisierung einer [–wh]-Phrase jeweils durch ein linksperipheres Satztypmerkmal [F1] bzw. [F2] ausgelöst werden, deren Interpretation das Kontextveränderungspotenzial des Satzes kompositionell bestimmt.

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die syntaktische und semantische Struktur deklarativer und interrogativer Satztypen des Deutschen. Der erarbeitete Ansatz steht im Einklang mit den prototypischen Verwendungen der behandelten Satztypen und erfasst zugleich die (a)symmetrische Distribution von [±wh]-Phrasen in der linken Satzperipherie von Verbzweit- und Verbletztsätzen. Im Fokus steht dabei der Beitrag der Finitumvoranstellung und der Topikalisierung einer [-wh]-Phrase zur Determinierung der Satztypbedeutung. Die zentrale Hypothese lautet, dass die Bewegung des Finitums und die Topikalisierung einer [–wh]-Phrase jeweils durch ein linksperipheres Satztypmerkmal [F1] bzw. [F2] ausgelöst werden, deren Interpretation das Kontextveränderungspotenzial des Satzes kompositionell bestimmt.