| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today,
0166-0829 ; 79
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 79.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Infinitival Syntax; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of constraints; 1. Introduction; 2. Infinitive or past participle; 3. The verb order; 4. Main features of previous analyses of the IPP; 5. Introduction to Optimality Theory (OT); 6. A case study of German I: Obligatory versus impossible IPP; 7. A case study of German II: The verb order; 8. Optional IPP in German; 9. Parameterisation in OT: The other languages; 10. Conclusion; References; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. |
| Summary |
This monograph offers a new analysis of West Germanic 'Infinitivus Pro Participio' (IPP) constructions, within the framework of Optimality Theory. IPP constructions have long been problematic for syntactic theory, because a bare infinitive is preferred over the expected past participle. The book shows how the substitution of the past participle by the infinitive in IPP constructions can be captured straightforwardly if constraints are assumed to be violable. The basic idea is that IPP constructions are exceptional because they violate otherwise valid rules of the language. Thus, IPP is a 'last. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitival constructions.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitival constructions. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb. |
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Germanic languages -- Infinitival constructions.
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Germanic languages. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schmid, Tanja. Infinitival syntax. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2005 (DLC) 2005047822 |
| ISBN |
9789027294210 (electronic book) |
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9027294216 (electronic book) |
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9789027228031 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027228035 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027228035 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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