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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825037403321

Autore

Mensching Guido

Titolo

Infinitive constructions with specified subjects : a syntactic analysis of the romance languages / / Guido Mensching [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-772173-7

1-280-53077-4

0-19-534398-0

1-4294-0420-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 267 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

440.045

440/.045

Soggetti

Romance languages - Infinitive

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-253) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Basic Data; 3. Foundations of Romance Syntax; 4. Romance Infinitives with Specified Subjects: The State of the Art; 5. The Position of Subjects in Romance Infinitive Clauses; 6. Case Assignment to the Subject of Infinitive Clauses; 7. A Minimalist Interpretation; 8. Summary and Outlook; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mensching describes systematically romance infinitive constructions with specified subjects, taking into account diachronic and dialectical varieties, and then interprets these facts within a generative framework.