Download or read book Modern Icelandic Syntax written by Joan Maling and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive overview of Icelandic syntax contains new analyses of word order and long-distance reflexivization, detailed studies of case-marking, and the first systematic description of the -st middles. It presents a complete picture of modern Icelandic syntax as seen in the tradition of generative grammar, striking a good balance between theory and description.