03269nam 2200589 450 991079592640332120230809224926.03-11-051859-73-11-052058-310.1515/9783110520583(CKB)3710000001418559(MiAaPQ)EBC4895027(DE-B1597)473510(OCoLC)960033551(OCoLC)992489471(DE-B1597)9783110520583(Au-PeEL)EBL4895027(CaPaEBR)ebr11405460(CaONFJC)MIL1017713(EXLCZ)99371000000141855920170726h20172017 uy 0gerurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierInfinitives at the syntax-semantics interface a diachronic perspective /edited by Lukasz Jedrzejowski, Ulrike DemskeBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter Mouton,2017.©20171 online resource (x, 362 pages) illustrationsTrends in Linguistics Studies and Monographs,1861-4302 ;Volume 3063-11-051847-3 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.Frontmatter -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- 1. Infinitival patterns and their diachronic dynamics: Questions and challenges -- 2. Restructuring at the syntax-semantics interface -- 3. The Romanian infinitive selected by perception and cognition verbs -- 4. A diachronic perspective on the semantics of AcI clauses in Greek -- 5. Finite, infinitival and verbless complementation: The case of believe, suppose and find -- 6. Early Modern Romanian infinitives: origin and replacement -- 7. Semantic factors for the status of control infinitives in the history of German -- 8. Anti-agreeing infinitives in Old Hungarian -- 9. The emergence of expressions for purpose relations in older Indo-European languages -- 10. Main clause infinitival predicates and their equivalents in Slavic: Why they are not instances of insubordination -- Language index -- Subject index The major aim of this volume is to investigate infinitival structures from a diachronic point of view and, simultaneously, to embed the diachronic findings into the ongoing theoretical discussion on non-finite clauses in general. All contributions subscribe to a dynamic approach to infinitival clauses by investigating their origin, development and loss in miscellaneous patterns and across different languages. Trends in linguistics.Studies and monographs ;Volume 306.English languageInfinitiveInfinitival Structures.Non-finite Clauses.Syntax-Semantics Interface.English languageInfinitive.425ET 750rvkJedrzejowski LukaszDemske-Neumann UlrikeMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795926403321Infinitives at the syntax-semantics interface3772026UNINA