Small phrase layers : a study of Finnish manner adverbials /

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This monograph examines the structure and properties of Finnish manner adverbials. The central idea is that, instead of AdvPs, DPs, APs, PPs, NumPs and InfinitivalPs, manner adverbials have the form of either kPs or pPs, and they are licensed as unique specifiers of a manner-related small vP. Second...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Manninen, Satu, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2003.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 65.
Subjects:
Finnish language > Adverbials.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Finnish.
Finnish language > Adverbials
Funktionale Kategorie
Minimalist program > Linguistik
Kasus
Thematische Relation
Merkmal
Adverbiale
Wortstellung
Bijwoordelijke bepalingen.
Fins.
Finnisch.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 The scope of inquiry
  • 1.2 Introduction to Finnish morphology
  • 1.3 Word order
  • 1.4 Is Finnish a confígurational language?
  • 1.5 Outline of the book
  • THE MINIMALIST FRAMEWORK AND THE STRUCTURE OF FINNISH SENTENCES
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Functional projections
  • 2.3. The functional structure of Finnish sentences
  • 2.4 Summary
  • ADVERBIALS AND FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 The theoretical framework
  • 3.3 The feature-based theories of adverbials
  • 3.4 Summary.
  • THE STRUCTURE OF FINNISH MANNER ADVERBIALS
  • 4.1 Finnish manner adverbials
  • 4.2 Case licensing as movement and feature checking
  • 4.3 Structural and lexical case in Finnish
  • 4.4 Manner meaning and lexical case
  • 4.5 Adverbs and lexical case
  • 4.6 Summary
  • A THEORY OF LAYERED VPS
  • 5.1 Preliminaries
  • 5.2 A theory of layered VPs
  • 5.3 The position of Finnish subjects
  • 5.4 The order of benefactive and theme arguments
  • 5.5 Summary
  • THE POSITION OF FINNISH MANNER ADVERBIALS
  • 6.1 Arguments and 'optional' arguments
  • 6.2 A Minimalist view on arguments and 'optional' arguments.
  • 6.3 The position of Finnish manner adverbials
  • 6.4 The relation between Finnish manner, place and time adverbials
  • 6.5 Summary
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX.

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