Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects : A Syntactic Analysis of the Romance Languages
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
ISBN-10
019513303X
ISBN-13
9780195133035
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
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Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 20th, 2000
Print length
288 Pages
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522 grams
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23.60 x 15.70 x 2.50 cms
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Historical & comparative linguisticsGrammar, 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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