@incollection{Christian2023,
  author    = {Fortmann Christian},
  title     = {Vermeintlich verblose Direktiva - stumme Pr{\"a}dikatsbildung in Wurzelstrukturen},
  series = {Grammatiktheorie und Grammatikographie},
  editor    = {Eric Fu{\"s} and Angelika W{\"o}llstein},
  publisher = {Narr Francke Attempto},
  address   = {T{\"u}bingen},
  issn      = {0949-409X},
  url       = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-121342},
  pages     = {63 -- 92},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {This article targets a distinctive kind of root structures in German formed by minimally two phrases but lacking an overt verbal predicate like i.a. die Guten ins Tr{\"o}pfchen, die Schlechten ins Kr{\"o}pfchen, jedem ein Bier or in den M{\"u}ll mit dem Dreck. Certain instantiations of these patterns have been dubbed verblose Direktiva by Jacobs (2008) who provides an account in terms of construction grammar. M{\"u}ller (2011), on the other hand, proposes an anti-passive analysis of the phenomenon. However, these apparent verbless root structures show conspicuous parallels in form and interpretation to another type of non-finite root structures in German, namely root infinitives. Both exclude an overt subject expression and both have a modal interpretation. Referring to these parallels, an analysis is elaborated which employs a empty verbal category. The overt consituents, then, are hosted by the (possibly extended) projection of the empty verb. Furthermore, this analysis captures a broader range of data, in particular instances formed by concatenated NPDAT-NPAKK or NPAKK-PP.},
  language  = {de}
}