ON EXTRACTION AND EXTRAPOSITION IN GERMAN -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Some Notes on Extraction Theory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some Preliminaries on Extraction in German -- 3. Extraction Theory - A Compressed Overview -- 3.1 Conditions on Transformations -- 3.1.1 The A-over-A Principle -- 3.1.2 Island Constraints -- 3.1.3 The Subjacency Condition -- 3.2 Extraction in Classical P&P Theory -- 3.2.1 The LGB Model of Grammar -- 3.2.2 Extraction in LGB -- 3.2.3 The Empty Category Principle (ECP) -- 3.2.4 The Condition on Extraction Domain (CED) -- 3.3 Extraction in the Theory of Barriers -- 3.3.1 Barriers: The Classical Approach -- 3.3.2 Long and Successive- Cyclic Movement -- 3.3.3 Conditions on the Uniformity of Chains -- 3.4 Extraction in the Minimalist Approach -- 3.4.1 The Minimalist Model of Grammar -- 3.4.2 Extraction in the minimalist approach -- 4. Extraction in German Revisited -- Notes -- References -- Extractions from Verb-Second Clauses in German? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Analysis of EV2-Constructions: Background -- 2.1 The Traditional View and Some Crucial Parenthetical Data -- 2.2 The Generative 'Extraction' Tradition and its Motives -- 3. Parenthetical vs. Extraction Analysis of EV2-Constructions: Against the Canonical Arguments -- 3.1 Methodological Objections -- 3.2 Iterative EV2-Constructions -- 3.3 Binding Data -- 3.4 Predicate Restrictions Induced by Sentence Type -- 3.5 Subjunctive Data -- 3.6 The Propositional Object Requirement of EV2-Predicates -- 3.7 Two Recent Arguments -- 4. New Evidence pro the Parenthetical and contra the Extraction Analysis -- 4.1 Distribution of Items Sensitive to ±Main Clause Status -- 4.2 Predicate Restrictions -- 4.3 Differences in Relative Predicate Scope -- 4.4 The (Vanishing) Problems with the Putative Extraction Process.

4.5 Comparative Evidence -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5. Arguments from Interpretation -- 5.1 On So-Called 'Parenthetical' vs. 'Bridge' Interpretations -- 5.2 True Interpretive Differences -- 5.3 Conclusion -- 6. On V2-Extraction in German -- 7. Final remarks -- Notes -- References -- On wh-Islands in German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Approaches -- 2.1 Chomsky (1986) -- 2.2 Rizzi (1990) -- 2.3 Cinque (1990) -- 3. The German Data -- 4. Topicalization vs. wh -Movement -- 5. Topicalization of Bare Plural Objects - Reconstruction Phenomena -- 5.1 Existential vs. Quantificational Reading -- 5.2 Long Topicalization and Verbs of Creation -- 5.3 Topicalization and Experiencer Verbs -- 5.4 Reconstruction Site -- 6. The End -- Notes -- References -- Negative Islands and Reconstruction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Negation Blocks LF movement -- 3. wieviel ('how many') and Negation -- 4. Further Negative Island Effects -- 5. Reconstruction vs. Extraction -- 6. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Kinds of Extraction from Noun Phrases -- 1. Outline -- 2. Restrictions on Extraction Compared -- 3. Two Kinds of PP Extraposition from Noun Phrases -- 4. Extraction and the Syntactic Structure of Noun Phrases -- 5. A View beyond German -- 6. To Move or Not To Move? -- Notes -- References -- All Right! -- 1. Three Views of Extraposition -- 1.1 SOV - The 'Movement Analysis ' -- 1.2 SVO - The 'LCA Analysis' -- 1.3 SOVO - The 'Base Analysis ' -- 2. Extraction Islands -- 3. Binding, Coreference, and Reconstruction Effects -- 3.1 Principle C Effects with Extraposed Complement Clauses to N -- 3.2 Principle C Effects with Extraposed Relative Clauses -- 3.3 Variable Binding into Extraposed Clauses -- 4. Interpretive Licensing -- 5. VP Topicalization -- 5.1 No Particular Position for Extraposition -- 5.2 A Trigger for Extraposition -- 5.3 Verb Cluster and Vo-Topicalization.

6. Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- On Extraposition & Successive Cyclicity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Right Roof Constraint -- 3. Island Violations -- 3.1 Subject NPs -- 3.2 Object NPs -- 3.3 Previous Analyses -- 4. Improper Movement -- 4.1 Premisses -- 4.2 Extraposition and Successive Cyclicity -- 4.3 Overt Evidence for Adjunction -- 4.3.1 Right-Adjunction to NP: CP Extraposition -- 4.3.2 Right-Adjunction to NP: Heavy NP Shift -- 4.3.3 Right-Adjunction to NP: PP Extraposition -- 5. Consequences and Extensions -- 5.1 Cataphoric Pronouns -- 5.2 P/CP Structures -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Downright Down To The Right -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comparative Constructions -- 3. Apparent Reconstruction Effects -- 4. Indirect Licensing vs. Chain Uniformity -- 5. Licensing and Linking -- 6. Summary -- Notes -- References -- Rightward Movement as Leftward Deletion -- 1. Outline -- 2. Movement Analyses of Clausal Extraposition -- 2.1 Headed Extraposition -- 2.2 R-Movement Analysis -- 2.3 L-Movement Analysis -- 2.4 Asymmetries between L-Movement and Extraposition -- 2.4.1 'Extractability ' Asymmetry -- 2.4.2 Precedence Constraint -- 2.4.3 Peripherality of Trace -- 3. Leftward Deletion in Coordination -- 4. Extraposition via Copying and Deletion -- 4.1 The Copy Theory of Movement and Reconstruction Effects -- 4.2 Reconstruction and Extraposition -- 4.3 Chain-Internal Selective Deletion (CISD) -- 5. Coordination/Movement-Chain Parallels -- 6. BWD in Coordination and Extraposition -- 6.1 FWD (L-movement) vs. BWD -- 6.2 The Role of BWD in the CISD Solution to Extraposition -- 7. Coordination/Movement Chain Differences -- 7.1 Total vs. Partial Deletion -- 7.2 Overgeneration -- 8. Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- SUBJECT INDEX -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.