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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press,
2000.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Some basic problems of Romance infinitive clauses; 1.2 On the study of Romance infinitival subjects; 1.3 Some methodological observations; 2. The Basic Data; 2.1 Italian; 2.2 French; 2.3 Spanish; 2.4 Portuguese and Galician; 2.5 Other Romance varieties; 2.6 Summary; 3. Foundations of Romance Syntax; 3.1 Basic assumptions; 3.2 Case theory: Principles of nominative case assignment; 3.3 Romance infinitive constructions; 3.4 Summary; 4. Romance Infinitives with Specified Subjects: The State of the Art.
- 4.1 Accusative subjects and exceptional case marking4.2 Infinitival subjects extracted to the main clause; 4.3 Nominative subjects; 4.4 Summary; 5. The Position of Subjects in Romance Infinitive Clauses; 5.1 Preverbal subjects; 5.2 Postverbal subjects; 5.3 Clause-final subjects; 5.4 Summary; 6. Case Assignment to the Subject of Infinitive Clauses; 6.1 Italian; 6.2 Spanish; 6.3 Portuguese and Galician; 6.4 French; 6.5 Other varieties; 6.6 Summary; 7. A Minimalist Interpretation; 7.1 The minimalist framework; 7.2 A minimalist analysis of Portuguese infinitive clauses (Ambar).
- 7.3 Features and movement in Romance infinitive clauses7.4 Further perspectives; 7.5 Summary; 8. Summary and Outlook; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.