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Infinitival syntax : infinitivus pro participio as a repair strategy /

This monograph offers a new analysis of West Germanic 'Infinitivus Pro Participio' (IPP) constructions, within the framework of Optimality Theory. IPP constructions have long been problematic for syntactic theory, because a bare infinitive is preferred over the expected past participle. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmid, Tanja
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2005.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 79.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Infinitival Syntax; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of constraints; 1. Introduction; 2. Infinitive or past participle; 3. The verb order; 4. Main features of previous analyses of the IPP; 5. Introduction to Optimality Theory (OT); 6. A case study of German I: Obligatory versus impossible IPP; 7. A case study of German II: The verb order; 8. Optional IPP in German; 9. Parameterisation in OT: The other languages; 10. Conclusion; References; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.