Infinitives

Restructuring and Clause Structure
Nachdruck 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-017864-7
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 55, 371 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 725 g

Reihe: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]

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Zielgruppe

Students, Scholars, Academic Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wurmbrand, Susanne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Wurmbrand, Susanne
Susanne Wurmbrand is Assistant Professor at McGill University, Canada.

is Professor at the University of Connecticut, USA.