Table of Contents

1 / The Analysis of Inversion.- 1.0. Introduction.- 1.1. Inversion and X-bar Theory.- 1.2. Inversion and Case Theory.- 1.3. Inversion and Incorporation.- 1.4. Verb Second.- 1.5. Complex Inversion.- Notes.- 2 / The History of French Interrogatives.- 2.0. Introduction.- 2.1. Inversion and Interrogatives in Old French.- 2.2. Pronominal Subjects in OF.- 2.3. Developments in Middle French.- 2.4. The Sixteenth Century and After.- 2.5. Conclusion.- Notes.- 3 / The English Auxilary System.- 3.0. Introduction.- 3.1. Verb-raising and the Status of Agr.- 3.2. Do-Insertion.- 3.3. Modals.- 3.4. Conclusion: the Loss of V2 in English.- Notes.- References.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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