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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462179503321

Titolo

Main clause phenomena [[electronic resource] ] : new horizons / / edited by Lobke Aelbrecht, Liliane Haegeman, Rachel Nye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012

ISBN

1-280-76921-1

9786613679987

90-272-7365-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (439 p.)

Collana

Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 190

Altri autori (Persone)

AelbrechtLobke

HaegemanLiliane M. V

NyeRachel

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Causative (Linguistics)

Grammar, Comparative and general - Transitivity

Generative grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Explaining main clause phenomena : the bigger picture -- pt. 2. The phenomena.

Sommario/riassunto

Main Clause Phenomena: New Horizons takes the study of Main Clause Phenomena (MCP) into the 21st century, without neglecting the origins of the topic. It brings together work by both established and up-and-coming scholars, who present analyses for a wide range of MCP, from a variety of languages, with a particular focus on particles and agreement markers, complementizers and verb second, and the licensing of MCP in different types of clauses. Besides enriching the empirical domain, this volume also engages with the theoretical question of how best to capture the distribution of MCP and,