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Split intransitivity in Italian /

Split intransitivity has received a great deal of attention in theoretical linguistics since the formulation of the Unaccusative Hypothesis by David Perlmutter (1978). This book provides an in-depth investigation of split intransitivity as it occurs in Italian. The principal proposal is that the man...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bentley, Delia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2006.
Colección:Empirical Approaches to Language Typology EALT.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Split intransitivity: An introduction
  • 1.2 Split intransitivity in Italian
  • 1.3 The diagnostics
  • 1.4 Role and Reference Grammar
  • 2. Perfective operators
  • 2.1 The problem
  • 2.2 The markedness of the Privileged Syntactic Argument
  • 2.3 Avere or essere?
  • 2.4 Crossdialectal and crosslinguistic variation
  • 2.5 Complex predicates
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • 3. Experiencer predicates
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Type-(i) experiencer predicates
  • 3.3 Type-(ii) experiencer predicates
  • 3.4 Type-(iii) experiencer predicates3.5 Conclusion
  • 4. Si-constructions and unexpressed arguments
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Reflexives
  • 4.3 Impersonal si-constructions
  • 4.4 Unexpressed arguments
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • 5. Agreement
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The agreement of perfective and passive past participles
  • 5.3 Variability and change in perfective past-participle agreement
  • 5.4 Non-finite agreement in complex predicates
  • 5.5 Non-finite agreement in absolute participles
  • 5.6 Non-finite agreement in constructions with adjectival and nominal predicates5.7 Finite agreement: Crossdialectal evidence
  • 5.8 Agreement in crossdialectal perspective
  • 5.9 Conclusion
  • 6. Ne-cliticization
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Canonical ne-cliticization
  • 6.3 Some putative exceptions
  • 6.4 Constructions with non-verbal predicates
  • 6.5 Ne-cliticization in si-constructions
  • 6.6 Other functions of ne
  • 6.7 Conclusion
  • 7. Past participles
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Attributive past participles: Restrictive and descriptive constructions
  • 7.3 Predicative past participles: Passive and resultative constructions7.4 Passive and resultative venire â€?comeâ€? and andare â€?goâ€?
  • 7.5 Predicative past participles: Absolute constructions
  • 7.6 Compounds with ben(e) or mal(e) plus a participle
  • 7.7 Conclusion
  • 8. Word order
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Word order and split intransitivity
  • 8.3 The interaction of syntax with discourse
  • 8.4 Intransitive constructions with a postnuclear PSA
  • 8.5 Conclusion
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index