Je-Desto, Je-Umso: An Analysis of the German Comparative Correlative Construction
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DOI: 10.1017/s1470542722000101
Abstract: This paper argues that German je-desto-sentences are regular verb-second structures. Unlike left-dislocation(-like) structures (such as wenn-dann-clauses or free relative clause constructions with case mis-match and resumption), je-desto-strings are normal, regular prefield structures. A proposal from… read more here.
Keywords: desto umso; umso analysis; analysis german; analysis ... See more keywords