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\title{German clause structure: An analysis with special consideration of so-called multiple frontings}
\author{Stefan Müller\\with contributions by Felix Bildhauer and Philippa Cook}
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\typesetter{Stefan Müller}
\translator{Andrew Murphy, Stefan Müller}
\proofreader{Viola Auermann}


\BackTitle{German clause structure: An analysis with special consideration of so-called multiple frontings}
\BackBody{This book argues for a head-movement analysis of German within the framework of HPSG. While many
surface-based analyses of German sentence structure are compatible with simple verb last, verb first
and verb second sentences, there are examples that seem to contradict the verb second property of
German in that more than one constituent is placed before the finite verb. I argue that
surface-based approaches do not capture the phenomenon adequately and that an analysis with an empty
verbal head is the only one that gets the facts right.

The book discusses alternative GPSG, HPSG, Dependency Grammar and Construction Grammar analyses.
It ends with a general discussion of empty elements.
}


\dedication{For Max}
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