Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Introduction; 3. 1. Understanding the prefixes: The view so far; 4. 2. The be-verbs in the Figure/Ground schema; 5. 3. The Figure/Ground schema and the Indo-European case system; 6. 4. The non-locational prefixes and the hidden Ground; 7. 5. Deadjectival prefixed verbs; 8. 6. The Dative and the Locative Alternations; 9. 7. The loss of the prefixes in English; 10. References; 11. Index of names of writers cited; 12. Index of German prefixed verbs; 13. General index

Reviews

This work provides an original and thought-provoking analysis of a long-standing and difficult problem in German syntax.
*Ian Roberts, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge*