Word Order in German: A Formal Dependency Grammar Using a Topological Hierarchy

This paper proposes a description of German word order including phenomena considered as complex, such as scrambling, (partial) VP fronting and verbal pied piping. Our description relates a syntactic dependency structure directly to a topological hierarchy without resorting to movement or similar mechanisms.1

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: ACL
• Authors: Kim Gerdes, Sylvain Kahane
• Keywords: ACL 2001, ACL 2007, German Word Order, Syntactic Dependency Structure, Verbal Pied Piping