Idan Landau

Elements of Control

Structure and Meaning in Infinitival Constructions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a new outlook on the derivation and interpretation of control constructions. It clears up some common misconceptions about the nature of control, as well as sharpening the empirical challenges that face any comprehensive theory in this domain. Regardless of theoretical framework, scholars of syntax and semantics interested in these topics, will find this book a major contribution to the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherland
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780792366201
• ISBN-10: 0792366204
• Artikelnr.: 22102821

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction.- 1 The Fundamental Questions Of Control.- 2 A Typology Of Control.- 3 EC And PC (Chapter 2).- 4 OC and NOC (Chapter 3).- 5 Control And Predication (Chapter 4).- 6 Implicit Control and Control Shift (Chapter 5).- 7 The Overall Picture and Open Issues.- 2: Exhaustive and Partial Control.- Introduction: Categories of Control.- 1 Some Immediate Corollaries of Partial Control.- 2 Basic Properties of Control.- 3 Distinguishing PC from EC.- 4 PC-Complements as a Natural Class: The Role of Tense.- 5 An Analysis.- 6 Varieties of EC: CP Complements and VP Complements.- 7 Some consequences and Problems.- 8 An Alternative Proposal: Martin (1996).- Summary.- 3: Obligatory and Non-Obligatory Control.- 1 Super-Equi: The Data.- 2 An Analysis.- 3 Configurational Consequences.- 4 Some Problems and Solutions.- 5 Deriving The Distribution of OC and NOC.- Summary.- 4: Control and Predication.- 1 Adjectives and Infinitival Complements: The Puzzle.- 2 Semantic Selection and Clause-Typing.- 3Argument-Modifier Asymmetries.- 4 Two Apparent Problems.- 5 A Crosslinguistic Correlation.- 6 Consequences for the Theory of Control.- Summary.- 5: Implicit Control and Control Shift.- 155.- 2 Control by Implicit Agents.- 3 Control Shift.- 4 The Status of the MDP.- Summary.- References.