8. Derivations and complexity filters

Hilda J Koopman · Linguistik aktuell · 2002

In Koopman and Szabolcsi 1 2000, henceforth K&Sz, we account for the different word order and constituency of verbal complexes in Hungarian, Dutch and German by a derivational theory which relies on overt (remnant) XP movement only. The derivations yield paradigms that are not always attested in full in a particular language: there are language specific gaps in the paradigms.

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