Infinitival Complements in German - ''Lassen'', ''Scheinen'' and the Verbs of Perception

Klappentext In this study Terence McKay demonstrates how the principles of the theory of Government and Binding apply to German syntax. Zusammenfassung In this study Terence McKay demonstrates how the principles of the theory of Government and Binding apply to German syntax and in particular to an aspect that has exposed especially problematic and interesting issues: the properties of the infinitival constructions with lassen! scheinen and the verbs of perception. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Ambiguity between mono- and bisententiality; 2. Previous approaches and proposals; 3. Dislocation of S deletion complements and the theory of Government and Binding; 4. Empty subjects in German; 5. Reflexivisation; 6. Quantifier movement; 7. Initial constituents, topicalisation and clitics; 8. Conclusion; Bibliographical References; Index.

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• Authors: Terence McKay
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521103220
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10322-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics