Verb constructions in German and Dutch / / edited by Pieter A.M. Seuren, Gerard Kempen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960728003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, c2003
• ISBN: 9786612161223; 9781282161221; 1282161229; 9789027296498; 9027296499
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 314 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 242
• Altri autori (Persone): SeurenPieter A. M; KempenGerard <1943->
• Disciplina: 439.31/5
• Soggetti: German language - Verb; Dutch language - Verb; German language - Verb phrase; Dutch language - Verb phrase
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes some of the papers presented at the Colloquium on Verb Constructions in German and Dutch held Feb. 2-3, 2001, at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-307) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN GERMAN AND DUTCH -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Verb clusters and the scope of adjuncts in Dutch -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dutch cross-serial dependencies in HPSG -- 3. LRS Semantics -- 4. Adjuncts as complements -- 4.1. Syntax -- 4.2. Semantics -- 5. The scope of adjuncts with respect to the matrix verb -- 6. Scrambling of adjuncts and arguments -- 7. A constraint on word order and scope -- 7.1. Multiple adjuncts -- 7.2. Scope of adjuncts and arguments -- 7.3. A semantic constraint on dependency structure -- 8. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Chapter 2. Verbal clusters and cluster creepers -- 1. The issue and the gambits -- 1.1. Core examples -- 1.2. Crossing relations -- 1.3. Gambit (9i): Direct compounding -- 1.4. ; Gambit (9ii): Full argument exodus -- 1.5. Gambit (iii): Full exodus of heads -- 1.6. Conclusion -- 2. Stress assignment -- 2.1. Grammatical distinctions for metrical trees -- 2.2. X0 heads and XP phrases -- 3. The mechanics of head raising -- 3.1. An option between V0 heads -- 3.2. Predicate licensing and the Extended Projection Principle -- 4. Extensions -- 4.1. The past participle as a cluster creeper -- 4.2. The VP raising -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3. V-clustering and clause union -- 1. Overview: Descriptive generalizations and their theoretical implications -- 2. A descriptive survey of V-clustering and clause union in German -- 2.1. The structure of the clusters -- 2.2. Comparison of German and Dutch VCs, especially with respect to IPP -- 3. Towards an empirically adequate modeling of the clustering phenomena -- 3.1. Deriving the Dutch cluster - left-adjunction and/or cliticization to the right -- 3.2. The German cluster structure and IPP inversion -- 3.3. The grammatical causality of clustering.; 4. Grammar-theoretical afterthoughts -- Notes -- Chapter 4. West-Germanic verb clusters in LFG -- 1. Introduction -- 2. West Germanic Infinitival Complements as described in ZK: Dutch -- 3. Variation in the order of verbal elements in Dutch -- 3.1. Properties of verbs taking non-tensed verbal complements -- Verbal complements: Morphological distinctions -- Verbal complements: Functional distinctions -- Verbal complements: C-structure distinctions -- 3.2. Restrictions within the verbal cluster -- Morphological restriction: Infinitivus pro participio -- Ordering constraints in the verb cluster -- Summary: An LFG analysis of Dutch verb clusters -- 4. Prolegomena to a treatment of German verb clusters -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5. Subjects in unexpected places and the notion of "predicate'' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Valence in the verb cluster -- 3. Remarks on linear order -- 4. Fronted (partial) VPs -- 5. Subjects in fronted phrases -- 5.1. Semantic restrictions on fronted verbal projections -- 5.2. The locality of phrase-internal subjects -- 5.3. Raising spirits -- 6. Argument sharing and periphrastic predicates -- 6.1. Valence vs. argument structure -- 6.2. Predicates -- 6.3. Valence increasing environments -- 6.4. An exceptional construction -- 7. Summary and final remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 6. Dutch and German verb constructions in Performance Grammar -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Essentials of Performance Grammar -- 1.1. Hierarchical structures in Performance Grammar -- 1.2. Linear structure in PG -- 2. Dutch verb constructions -- 3. German verb constructions -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- Notes -- Chapter 7. Coherent constructions in German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tree Adjoining Grammar -- 3. Coherence and clause union: The incorporation approach -- 3.1. Coherent constructions -- 3.2. Clause union: An incorporation analysis.; 3.3. Tree Adjoining Grammar and lexicalism -- 4. Arguments against clause union -- 4.1. Is clause union necessary? -- 4.2. Is clause union sufficient? -- 5. Coherence and tree rewriting: The syntactic approach -- 5.1. A formalism for (relatively) free word order -- 5.2. DSG as a metalanguage for syntax -- 5.3. Deriving coherent and incoherent constructions -- 5.4. Accounting for the data -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8. Verb clusters and branching directionality in German and Dutch -- 0. Introduction -- 1. The Semantic Syntax model -- 1.1. General architecture -- 1.2. Branching directionality -- 1.3. The Auxiliary System -- 1.4. Complementation types -- 2. The rule system and some examples -- 3. Matrix Greed -- 4. Dutch V-clusters -- 4.1. Optional and obligatory PR -- 4.2. The Third Construction -- 4.3. Directionality -- 4.4. Creeping -- 4.5. Non-verbal (pseudo)complements -- 5. German V-clusters -- 6. The data problem (with special reference to German) -- 7. Discussion -- Notes -- References ; -- Index -- The Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (CILT) series.
• Sommario/riassunto: This text originated in the Colloquium on Verb Construction in German and Dutch, held at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig in February 2001. The book represents a number of different schools on the topic.

Britain in the second world war / / Mark Donnelly

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958057603321
• Autore: Donnelly Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999
• ISBN: 9786610140688; 9781134687299; 113468729X; 9780719044939; 0719044936; 9781134687305; 1134687303; 9781280140686; 1280140682; 9780203980835; 0203980832
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (139 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.5341; 941.084
• Soggetti: World War, 1939-1945 - Great Britain; Great Britain Politics and government 1936-1945
• 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology of the war in the west; Introduction; Chapter 1 Wartime politics; Chapter 2 The people's war; Chapter 3 The wartime ; economy; Chapter 4 Wartime media—press, radio and cinema; Chapter 5 Wartime strategy—Britain and its Allies; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text presents a survey of politics, society, culture and military strategy between 1939 and 1945. Themes covered include propaganda and culture, and Britain and its allies, and the book covers the major historical debates of these areas.