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Adpositions and adpositional phrases: A syntactic view from Dutch

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Abstract

This chapter examines adpositions and adpositional phrases in Dutch. Section 2 begins with the traditional classification of adpositions based on their position relative to their complements (if any): prePs, postPs, circumPs and intransitive Ps. This is followed by a discussion of the modification possibilities and syntactic uses of adpositional phrases in sections 3 and 4. Section 5 discusses the movement possibilities of adpositional phrases as well as subextraction from them. Subsection 6 returns to the classification of adpositions in section 2 and argues on the basis of the earlier discussion that it is epiphenomenal; word order is not lexically but syntactically determined.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of the syntax of the Germanic languages
Subtitle of host publicationA comparative approach to selected topics
EditorsKatharina Hartmann, Johannes Mursell, Susanne Wurmbrand
Publisherde Gruyter
ISBN (Print)9783110764628
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2026

Publication series

NameHandbooks of Germanic Linguistics
Volume1

Keywords

  • Syntax
  • adpositional phrase

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