VP raising

Definition
VP raising is the movement of an infinitival VP to the right of its governing verb. This syntactic operation occurs in many German and Dutch (Flemish) dialects.

Example
In Flemish, VP raising results in the structure in (i)b, given the d-structure in (i)a.

(i) a da Jan [VP Marie nen boek geven] wilt] that Jan  Marie a book   give   wants 'that Jan wants to give Marie a book' b da Jan tiwilt [VP Marie nen boek geven]i

VP Raising is distinguished from extraposition, because it is triggered by verbs that also trigger Verb raising, and because it induces IPP.

Links

 * Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics