Verb-first sentences / vorgelegt von Janina Maria Elisabeth Beutler. Wuppertal, Oktober 2021
Content
1 Introduction
2 Sentence Mood
2.1 What is Modal?
2.2 Trias Divided
2.3 Sentence Mood as a Complex Composition
2.3.1 Categorial Filling
2.3.2 Morphological Features and Element Order
2.3.3 Intonation
2.3.4 Speaking to and Speaking about
2.3.5 Inquisitive, Informative, Assertive
2.3.6 Sentence Moods and Partitions
2.4 Interim Conclusion
3 V1-Sentences and their V2- and Verb-Final Counterparts
4 Assertion
4.2 Sentence Mood and Assertion
4.3 Commitment, Bias, Sources, Openness
4.4 Common Ground, At-Issueness, Table
4.5 Tests for Assertion
4.6 Interim Conclusion
5 What is so Special about V1?
5.1 Discourse
5.2 Intonation, Situations, Events and Frame Setting
5.3 Cache and Common Ground
5.4 Interim Conclusion
6 Conclusion
Literature