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Author : Tanja Schmid
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027228031
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Infinitival Syntax written by Tanja Schmid and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LC number: 2005047822
Author : Andrew Radford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521542753
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (427 download)
Download or read book English Syntax written by Andrew Radford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook--an abridged version of Radford's Minimalist Syntax and the Syntax of English--provides a concise and accessible introduction to current syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Programme. Assuming little or no prior grammatical knowledge, it takes students through a range of topics in English syntax, beginning at an elementary level and progressing in stages towards more advanced material. There is an extensive glossary, and each chapter contains a workbook section with 'helpful hints', exercises and model answers, suitable for both class discussion and self-study.
Author : Tanja Schmid
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027294216
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book Infinitival Syntax written by Tanja Schmid and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-06-22 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph offers a new analysis of West Germanic ‘Infinitivus Pro Participio’ (IPP) constructions, within the framework of Optimality Theory. IPP constructions have long been problematic for syntactic theory, because a bare infinitive is preferred over the expected past participle. The book shows how the substitution of the past participle by the infinitive in IPP constructions can be captured straightforwardly if constraints are assumed to be violable. The basic idea is that IPP constructions are exceptional because they violate otherwise valid rules of the language. Thus, IPP is a ‘last resort’ or repair strategy, which is only visible in cases in which the past participle would be ‘even worse’ . Furthermore, as the choice of Optimality Theory naturally leads to a crosslinguistic account, the book systematically examines and compares infinitival constructions from seven West Germanic languages including Afrikaans, Dutch, German, West Flemish, and three Swiss German dialects.
Author : E.H. Pearce
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0792304330
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Parameters in Old French Syntax: Infinitival Complements written by E.H. Pearce and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1990-02-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1.1. AIMS AND ASSUMPTIONS This book presents an analysis of infinitival complement constructions in Old French (OF) from the perspective of the Government-Binding (GB) framework. It aims, therefore, to establish within the terms of the GB framework just how the OF constructions are to be characterized and in just what sense they can or cannot be compared with the corresponding constructions in other Romance languages. The GB framework is an articulated theory about the structure of language which is based on the view that the aim of research into language is to construct a description of language which accurately reflects its essential nature. Whilst we know that individual languages may appear to be superficially very different, we also know that all languages are capable of expressing complex concepts and that all children acquire mastery of the language or languages to which they are exposed. The task, therefore, is to determine both the properties which languages have in common and the bounds within which they may differ. In the pursuit of these aims, the study of various languages of the Romance family has provided a rich source of material for the develop ment of the descriptive apparatus. Evidence of the contribution supplied by such work is apparent in references to Romance material in Chomsky (1981, 1982), in volumes such as Jaeggli (1982), Rizzi (1982a), Kayne (1984b), Burzio (1986), and in numerous papers devoted to particular constructions in a variety of Romance languages.
Author : Lukasz Jedrzejowski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110518597
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Infinitives at the Syntax-Semantics Interface written by Lukasz Jedrzejowski and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major aim of this volume is to investigate infinitival structures from a diachronic point of view and, simultaneously, to embed the diachronic findings into the ongoing theoretical discussion on non-finite clauses in general. All contributions subscribe to a dynamic approach to infinitival clauses by investigating their origin, development and loss in miscellaneous patterns and across different languages.
Author : Lukasz Jedrzejowski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110520583
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Infinitives at the Syntax-Semantics Interface written by Lukasz Jedrzejowski and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major aim of this volume is to investigate infinitival structures from a diachronic point of view and, simultaneously, to embed the diachronic findings into the ongoing theoretical discussion on non-finite clauses in general. All contributions subscribe to a dynamic approach to infinitival clauses by investigating their origin, development and loss in miscellaneous patterns and across different languages.
Author : Werner Abraham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107021227
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics written by Werner Abraham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative survey that covers the linguistic questions of modality and mood, offering a new model for the phenomenon.
Author : Robert Peter Ebert
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3111355837
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Infinitival complement constructions in Early New High German written by Robert Peter Ebert and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past few decades, the book series Linguistische Arbeiten [Linguistic Studies], comprising over 500 volumes, has made a significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory both in Germany and internationally. The series will continue to deliver new impulses for research and maintain the central insight of linguistics that progress can only be made in acquiring new knowledge about human languages both synchronically and diachronically by closely combining empirical and theoretical analyses. To this end, we invite submission of high-quality linguistic studies from all the central areas of general linguistics and the linguistics of individual languages which address topical questions, discuss new data and advance the development of linguistic theory.
Author : Andrew Radford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521542746
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Minimalist Syntax written by Andrew Radford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-27 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Željko Božković
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262522366
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (223 download)
Download or read book The Syntax of Nonfinite Complementation written by Željko Božković and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economy considerations have always played an important role in the generative theory of grammar. Indeed, the very development of the theory has been characterized by natural considerations of simplicity and economy. In the Minimalist Program, the operations of the computational system that produce linguistic expressions must satisfy general considerations of simplicity referred to as Economy Principles. In The Syntax of Nonfinite Complementation: An Economy Approach, the author completes two major research projects that solidify the foundation of the Minimalist Program: the elimination of c-selection and government. He then investigates in detail the nature of the Economy Principles in syntax. The discussion, which focuses on infinitival and participial complements, shows that a number of facts that previously have either not been accounted for or have received unsatisfactory treatment can be explained in a principled way once Economy Principles and, more generally, the Minimalist Program are adopted.
Author : Peter W. Culicover
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019923017X
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Natural Language Syntax written by Peter W. Culicover and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-29 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the analysis of natural language within the broader question of how language works - of how people use languages to configure words and morphemes in order to express meanings. Its step-by-step account covers every aspect of syntax and includes exercises and suggestions for further reading throughout.
Author : Artemis Alexiadou
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027227539
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (275 download)
Download or read book The Syntax of Relative Clauses written by Artemis Alexiadou and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a cross-section of recent generative research into the syntax of relative clauses constructions. Most of the papers collected here react in some way to Kayne's (1994) proposal to handle relative clauses in terms of determiner complementation and raising of the relativized nominal. The editors provide a thorough introduction of these proposals, their background and motivations, arguments for and against. There are detailed studies in the syntax and the semantics of relative clauses constructions in Latin, Ancient Greek, Romanian, Hindi, (Old) English, Old High German, (dialects of) Dutch, Turkish, Swedish, and Japanese. The book should be of interest to any linguist working within generative syntax.
Author : Robert D. Borsley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139467514
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The Syntax of Welsh written by Robert D. Borsley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, is best known amongst linguists for its verb-initial word order and its use of initial consonant mutations. However it has many more characteristics which are of interest to syntacticians. This book, first published in 2007, provides a concise and accessible overview of the major syntactic phenomena of Welsh. A broad variety of topics are covered, including finite and infinitival clauses, noun phrases, agreement and tense, word order, clause structure, dialect variation, and the language's historical Celtic background. Drawing on work carried out in both Principles and Parameters theory and Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, it takes contemporary colloquial Welsh as its starting point and draws contrasts with a range of literary and dialectal forms of the language, as well as earlier forms (Middle Welsh) were appropriate. An engaging guide to all that is interesting about Welsh syntax, this book will be welcomed by syntactic theorists, typologists, historical linguists and Celticists alike.
Author : C. Jan-Wouter Zwart
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027227744
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (277 download)
Download or read book Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax written by C. Jan-Wouter Zwart and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a collection of articles reporting on new research carried out within the theoretical framework of generative grammar on the comparative syntax of the Germanic languages. Divided in four main sections, the book focuses on issues of subordination and complementation (with emphasis on German/Dutch and Danish), displacement phenomena discussed in relation with richness of morphology (with special attention to English, German/Dutch, and Norwegian, as well as presenting more general discussion of the issue), language variation and change (studying historical English syntax and Frisian contact dialects), and the syntax-semantics interface viewed from a Germanic perspective (addressing ellipsis, reflexivity, and the behavior of quantifiers).
Author : Louis de Saussure
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110198762
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Recent Advances in the Syntax and Semantics of Tense, Aspect and Modality written by Louis de Saussure and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a fact that tense, aspect and modality together form one of the most recurring and active areas of research in contemporary syntax and semantics, as well as in other disciplines of linguistics. A large number of syntactic and semantic phenomena are concerned by the temporal-aspectual-modal level of representation: information about time, aspect and modality is part of virtually all sentences; inflexion is quite widely considered as the core of syntactic projections. Because of this very crucial situation and role in the sentence structure, temporal-aspectual and modal information concerns virtually any part of the sentence and this information has scope over the whole characterization of the eventuality denoted by the sentence. This book is an up-to-date milestone for the studies of temporality and language, in particular regarding syntax and semantics, but with incidental hints to pragmatics and theories of human natural language understanding. Through this very tight selection of 15 papers (originally delivered during the 6th Chronos colloquium), tenses, aspect and modality are investigated both at the descriptive and theoretical levels, involving many different Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages. The volume sheds light on a wide array of phenomena that remained too little explored until now. These include the following: modal subordination in Japanese, epistemic modals in Dutch and English in Free Indirect Speech contexts, aspectual readings of idioms, adverb-licensing with the German perfect, French imperfective past compared with English progressive past, infinitival perfect in English, Adult Root Infinitives, economy constraints on temporal subordinations, future modality, past interpretation of present tense in embedded clauses, and time without tenses in Mandarin and Navajo. The book is of interest to scholars and advanced students in the fields of linguistics (general linguistics, semantics, syntax) as well as philosophy and logic.
Author : E.H. Pearce
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400918844
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Parameters in Old French Syntax: Infinitival Complements written by E.H. Pearce and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1.1. AIMS AND ASSUMPTIONS This book presents an analysis of infinitival complement constructions in Old French (OF) from the perspective of the Government-Binding (GB) framework. It aims, therefore, to establish within the terms of the GB framework just how the OF constructions are to be characterized and in just what sense they can or cannot be compared with the corresponding constructions in other Romance languages. The GB framework is an articulated theory about the structure of language which is based on the view that the aim of research into language is to construct a description of language which accurately reflects its essential nature. Whilst we know that individual languages may appear to be superficially very different, we also know that all languages are capable of expressing complex concepts and that all children acquire mastery of the language or languages to which they are exposed. The task, therefore, is to determine both the properties which languages have in common and the bounds within which they may differ. In the pursuit of these aims, the study of various languages of the Romance family has provided a rich source of material for the develop ment of the descriptive apparatus. Evidence of the contribution supplied by such work is apparent in references to Romance material in Chomsky (1981, 1982), in volumes such as Jaeggli (1982), Rizzi (1982a), Kayne (1984b), Burzio (1986), and in numerous papers devoted to particular constructions in a variety of Romance languages.
Author : Rajesh Bhatt
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110179520
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Covert Modality in Non-finite Contexts written by Rajesh Bhatt and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2006 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Main description: This book investigates the distribution and interpretation of Covert Modality. Covert Modality is modality which we interpret but which is not associated with any lexical item in the structure that we are interpreting. The book analyzes a class of environments that involves covert modality e.g. infinitival questions, infinitival relative clauses, purpose clauses, the 'have to' construction, and the 'is to' construction.
