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Infinitives

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List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Infinitives in brief - Restructuring: its significance in history

Chapter 2: Lexical restructuring

Introduction - Case assignment in restructuring constructions - Tense properties of restructuring constructions - Other functional projections - Verb raising in restructuring constructions - Summary

Chapter 3: Functional restructuring

Introduction - The split IP parameter - Motivating the lexical/functional distinction - German functional constructions - Summary

Chapter 4: The infinitival subject

Introduction - Infinitives with and without a syntactic subject - What is under control - Conclusion

Chapter 5: Grades of (non-)restructuring

Introduction - Restructuring vs. non-restructuring - Graded (non-)restructuring - Semantic classification of infinitives

Chapter 6: Summary and conclusion

Appendix: Overview - Verb classification - Distinguishing irrealis, propositional, factive - (Non-)Restructuring properties - Verb classifications in different languages

References
Index

About the author










Susanne Wurmbrand is Professor at the University of Connecticut, USA.



Report

"Wurmbrands Distributionsanalysen gehen vor allem der Idee nach, daß syntaktische Struktur und semantische Interpretation parallel laufen. Dabei verfolgt die Verafsserin eine große Zahl deutscher Verbeinbettungen bei Modalverben, Anhebungskonstruktionen, langer Objektversetzung und Rekonstruierungskonfigurationen. Theoretische Folgerungen ebenso wie empirische Proben am deutschen Material werden zweifellos anregende Wirkung vor allem für Spiegelungen in anderen germanischen Sprachen haben."Werner Abraham, erkeley/Wien

Product details

Authors Susanne Wurmbrand
Publisher De Gruyter
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2001
 
EAN 9783110178647
ISBN 978-3-11-017864-7
No. of pages 371
Dimensions 155 mm x 29 mm x 230 mm
Weight 671 g
Series Studies in Generative Grammar
Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]
Studies in Generative Grammar
Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]
ISSN
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies

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