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Author Pires, Acrisio.

Title The minimalist syntax of defective domains : gerunds and infinitives / Acrisio Pires.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Linguistik aktuell, 0166-0829 ; v. 98
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 98.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Minimalist Syntax of Defective Domains; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; dedication page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE MINIMALIST SYNTAX OF CLAUSAL GERUNDS; 2. CLAUSAL VERSUS TP-DEFECTIVE GERUNDS:; 3. AGREEMENT, CASE, CONTROL AND MOVEMENT IN INFINITIVES; 4. SYNTACTIC CHANGE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFLECTED AND NON-INFLECTED INFINITIVES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.
Summary This book unifies the analysis of certain non-finite domains, focusing on subject licensing, agreement, and Case and control. It proposes a minimalist analysis of English gerunds which allows only a null subject PRO (TP-defective gerunds), a lexical subject (gerunds as complements of perception verbs), or both types of subjects (clausal gerunds). It then analyzes Portuguese infinitives, showing that the morphosyntactic properties of non-inflected and inflected infinitives correlate with distinct treatments of obligatory and non-obligatory control. It explores these and other phenomena to show.
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gerund.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gerund.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitive.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitive.
Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Pires, Acrisio. Minimalist syntax of defective domains. Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2006 (DLC) 2006047817
ISBN 9789027293152 (electronic book)
9027293155 (electronic book)
9789027233622 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
9027233624 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
9027233624