| Description |
1 online resource (x, 385 pages :) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in generative grammar,
0167-4331 ;
volume 110
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Studies in generative grammar ; 110.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1. Overview; Chapter 2. On the historical development of PRO approaches to Control; Chapter 3. Movement and implicit argument approaches to Control; Chapter 4. A critical look at some standard arguments in favor of PRO; Chapter 5. Remotivating a PRO approach to Control; Chapter 6. The syntax of Control; Chapter 7. On the reference of PRO; Chapter 8. On an unexpected gap in the distribution of PRO; Chapter 9. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Generative theory has long sought to capture the syntax of Control, questioning whether the complement clause contains a syntactically projected thematic subject, whether such an argument undergoes displacement and, if so, where and why, and what role semantics may play. This book continues in this tradition, critically examining paradigms erroneously assumed to favor PRO analyses over Movement and implicit argument accounts. It offers novel data amenable to analysis only within a PRO approach - but one radically different from its predecessors in form and interpretation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Control (Linguistics)
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Control (Linguistics) |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitival constructions.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitival constructions. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general.
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
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Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reed, Lisa A. Strengthening the PRO Hypothesis. Boston : De Gruyter, ©2013 9781614510420 |
| ISBN |
9781614510413 (online) |
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1614510415 (online) |
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1614510423 (hardbound) |
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9781614510420 |
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