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On the grammar of optative constructions /
This monograph is one of the first theoretical studies of optatives. Optative constructions express desire without an overt lexical item that means 'desire'. The author specifically investigates optatives with the syntax of embedded clauses that contain prototypical particles such as '...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2012.
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| Colección: | Linguistik aktuell ;
v. 193. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This monograph is one of the first theoretical studies of optatives. Optative constructions express desire without an overt lexical item that means 'desire'. The author specifically investigates optatives with the syntax of embedded clauses that contain prototypical particles such as 'only'. He rejects the view that optativity arises compositionally from the standard semantics of embedded clauses and prototypical particles. The following system is proposed: Desirability is due to a generalized scalar exclamation operator EX. |
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| Notas: | 5.3 Mood, exclamations and the connection to verb second. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (358 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027273451 9027273456 9789027255761 9027255768 1283539462 9781283539463 9786613851918 6613851914 |