Conjuncts-as-complements: A lexical approach to SGF coordination in German
Berthold Crysmann
Abstract:In this paper, I shall discuss a
peculiar coordination construction in German, where the shared
subject of the two conjuncts is not found peripheral, but is contained
within the first conjunct. Following Höhle (1983), this construction
is called “Subject Gaps in Finite/Fronted” clauses (SGF). I shall
discuss previous accounts, both symmetric coordination approaches
(Frank, 2002; Kathol, 1999), as well as asymmetric adjunction
approaches (Büring & Hartmann, 1998). The analysis I shall propose
will treat th… Show more
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