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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783099803321

Autore

Gergel Remus <1974->

Titolo

Modality and ellipsis [[electronic resource] ] : diachronic and synchronic evidence / / by Remus Gergel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009

ISBN

1-282-42589-7

9786612425899

3-11-021336-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; 202

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Syntax

English language - Ellipsis

English language - Modality

Grammar, Comparative and general - Ellipsis

Modality (Linguistics)

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 (p. [232]-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modals and ellipsis in the architecture of grammar -- 3. Towards an account of VP ellipsis -- 4. Modals and ellipsis in diachronic change -- 5. Modals and ellipsis in synchrony -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Aspects of modality and ellipsis have become prominent in theoretical linguistics over the last years. What has remained under-investigated is the fact that modals tend to make excellent ellipsis licensers and, conversely, that many of the naturally occurring cases of ellipsis are licensed by modals. The book concentrates on the syntax of the modal auxiliaries with special focus on English and investigates the grammatical relationship with the process of ellipsis that interacts most relevantly with the modals in grammaticalized fashion by including a special emphasis on verb-phrase ellipsis. After a critical discussion of pertinent approaches in the two domains, the book focuses on establishing the connection between the two areas by essentially drawing on the history of English and on observable effects in modern grammars, which it puts into perspective with semantically grounded



features on the modals involved. Two major generalizations are proposed in the monograph. The first generalization concerns the treatment of the interaction between modals and ellipsis as determined by the features located in the licensing modal heads. To this end, the syntactic effects of the main semantic factors are explored in detail in English and partial effects obtaining in other languages are discussed. The second generalization concerns the syntactic component involved in ellipsis licensing. It is suggested that ellipsis types with the distributional features of verb-phrase ellipsis are licensed by interpretable features of the licensing head. The two generalizations are intertwined with one another and derive a series of further legitimate ellipsis licensers beyond the modals. The role of formal features that are interpretable is distinguished from agreement features, which are claimed not to be in charge of ellipsis licensing.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783668703321

Autore

Bitton-Ashkelony Bruria

Titolo

Encountering the sacred [[electronic resource] ] : the debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity / / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-35752-2

0-520-93112-2

9786612357527

1-59875-925-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

The transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 38

Disciplina

263/.0425694/09015

Soggetti

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - Palestine - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Palestine in Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Palestine In Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction



-- 1 Basil of Caesarea's and Gregory of Nyssa's Attitudes toward Pilgrimage -- 2 Jerome's Position on Pilgrimage -- 3 Augustine on Holy Space -- 4 Pilgrimage in Monastic Culture -- 5 Local versus Central Pilgrimage -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Places -- Index of Biblical Citations

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative study sheds new light on one of the most spectacular changes to occur in late antiquity-the rise of pilgrimage all over the Christian world-by setting the phenomenon against the wide background of the political and theological debates of the time. Asking how the emerging notion of a sacred geography challenged the leading intellectuals and ecclesiastical authorities, Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony deftly reshapes our understanding of early Christian mentalities by unraveling the process by which a territory of grace became a territory of power. Examining ancient writers' responses to the rising practice of pilgrimage, Bitton-Ashkelony offers a nuanced reading of their thinking on the merits and the demerits of pilgrimage, revealing theological and ecclesiastical motivations that have been overlooked, and questioning the long-held assumption of scholars that pilgrimage was only a popular, not an elite, religious practice. In addition to Greek and Latin sources, she includes Syriac material, which allows her to build a rich picture of the emerging theology of landscape that took shape over the fourth to sixth centuries.