Infinitives: Restructuring and Clause Structure

ISBN-13: 9783110178647 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 381 str.

Wurmbrand, Susanne

Opis

Infinitives: Restructuring and Clause Structure offers a detailed study of the clausal architecture of infinitival constructions providing a unified analysis of restructuring, control, modals, and raising. The book critically evaluates previous proposals from both syntactic and semantic perspectives and presents a new analysis incorporating many recent developments in generative linguistic theory. In addition to its theoretical contribution, Infinitives contains a detailed descriptive overview of a range of constructions, primarily from the Germanic languages and will thus not only be of value to generative linguists but will also serve as a general reference source for those interested in the Germanic languages.

Recenzje

"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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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