Small Clauses in Spanish
Title | Small Clauses in Spanish PDF eBook |
Author | Jiyoung Yoon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 2002 |
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Small Clause Constructions in Spanish
Title | Small Clause Constructions in Spanish PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2007 |
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ISBN | 9783895869891 |
The Syntax of Nonsententials
Title | The Syntax of Nonsententials PDF eBook |
Author | Ljiljana Progovac |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2006-09-13 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 902729335X |
This volume brings the data that many in formal linguistics have dismissed as peripheral straight into the core of syntactic theory. By bringing together experts from syntax, semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, language acquisition, aphasia, and pidgin and creole studies, the volume makes a multidisciplinary case for the existence of nonsententials, which are analyzed in various chapters as root phrases and small clauses (Me; Me First!; Him worry?!; Class in session), and whose distinguishing property is the absence of Tense, and, with it, any syntactic phenomena that rely on Tense, including structural Nominative Case. Arguably, the lack of Tense specification is also responsible for the dearth of indicative interpretations among nonsententials, as well as for their heavy reliance on pragmatic context. So pervasive is nonsentential speech across all groups, including normal adult speech, that a case can be made that continuity of grammar lies in nonsentential, rather than sentential speech.
Introducing Arguments
Title | Introducing Arguments PDF eBook |
Author | Liina Pylkkänen |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0262162547 |
This compositional theory of verbal argument structures explores how 'noncore' arguments (i.e. arguments that are not introduced by verbal roots themselves) are introduced into argument structure, and examines cross-linguistic variation in introducing arguments.
The Syntax of Spanish
Title | The Syntax of Spanish PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Zagona |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780521576840 |
A clear and well-organised introduction to Spanish syntax, assuming no prior knowledge of current theory.
Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax
Title | Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax PDF eBook |
Author | J. Clements |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2005-11-30 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0230522688 |
The first usage-based approach of its kind, this volume contains twelve studies on key issues in Spanish syntax: word order, arguments, grammatical-relation marking, inalienable possession, ser and estar , adjective placement, small clauses and causatives. The studies are approached within a broad functionalist perspective. The studies strengthen the view that components of grammar intricately interact and that a usage-based approach to analyzing them offers new and insightful perspectives on some stubborn problems.
Small Clauses in Swedish
Title | Small Clauses in Swedish PDF eBook |
Author | Katarina Lundin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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