Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects: A Syntactic Analysis of the Romance Languages

ISBN-13: 9780195133042 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 288 str.

Guido Mensching

Opis

Overt subjects are usually considered as a property of finite clauses. However, most Romance languages permit specified subjects in a broad range of infinitive constructions. Guido Mensching analyzes this phenomenon in stages of French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and other Romance varieties.

Recenzje

This book is bound to become a reference text for anyone interested in the properties of infinitival clauses in Romance. It is a valuable source of data and also advances our understanding of an interesting class of phenomena that before this book did not receive enough attention in the literature.