Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects : A Syntactic Analysis of the Romance Languages

Name: Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 9780195133035
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ISBN: 9780195133035

by Guido Mensching

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Format Hardback

Book Series Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

ISBN-10 019513303X

ISBN-13 9780195133035

Publisher Oxford University Press Inc

Imprint Oxford University Press Inc

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 20th, 2000

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 522 grams

Dimensions 23.60 x 15.70 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: Historical & comparative linguistics Grammar, syntax & morphology

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Overt subjects are usually considered as a property of finite clauses. However, most Romance languages permit specified subjects in a broad range of infinitive constructions. Guido Mensching analyses this phenomenon in stages of French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and other Romance varieties.

Most Romance languages permit the overt realization of the grammatical subject in infinitive clauses in a considerable number of configurations. Mensching has the following goals: to describe systematically Romance infinitive constructions with specified subjects, taking into account diachronic and dialectical varieties; and then to interpret these facts within a generative framework, examining how overt subjects in infinitive clauses are licensed and what determines their case and position. His findings call for a thorough revision of the principles that have been assumed for analysing the Romance languages. Mensching uses eight Romance languages in his comparisons, among them Italian, Sardinian, Romanian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

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