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

Most Romance languages permit the overt realization of the grammatical subject in infinitive clauses in a considerable number of configurations. Mensching has the following goals: to describe systematically Romance infinitive constructions with specified subjects, taking into account diachronic and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mensching, Guido
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Sumario:Most Romance languages permit the overt realization of the grammatical subject in infinitive clauses in a considerable number of configurations. Mensching has the following goals: to describe systematically Romance infinitive constructions with specified subjects, taking into account diachronic and dialectical varieties; and then to interpret these facts within a generative framework, examining how overt subjects in infinitive clauses are licensed and what determines their case and position. His findings call for a thorough revision of the principles that have been assumed for analysing the Ro.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (282 pages)
ISBN:9780195343984
0195343980