ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I argue for a syntactic differentiation between exclusive and inclusive SELF in contemporary Germanic languages. The argument is mainly made using data from German, Swedish and English, but it is claimed that the different analyses carry over to other West and North Germanic languages, for which some illustration is provided as well. The discussion starts with a number of empirical generalizations about the syntax of head-distant intensifiers in German (Section 4.1). Section 4.2 addresses the syntactic behaviour of head-distant intensifiers in Scandinavian languages, focusing on Swedish, and Section 4.3 discusses relevant data from English. Section 4.4 offers a derivational analysis of head-distant SELF, and Section 4.5 summarizes the results.
