Control in Grammar and Pragmatics [[electronic resource] ] : A cross-linguistic study

• Autore: Ružicka Rudolf
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 411
• Soggetto topico: Control (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general; Pragmatics; Philology & Linguistics; Languages & Literatures
• Persona (resp. second.): RêuéziéckaRudolf
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTROL IN GRAMMAR AND PRAGMATICS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Preliminaries; Chapter 3. The theory outlined; Chapter 4. The persuade subclass and cognate ones subject to the general constraint; Chapter 5. The case of promise; Chapter 6. No Choice of Controller; Chapter 7. Reflexive clitic impersonal clauses in Control structures; Chapter 8. "Self-control" with evaluating and attitudinal predicates; Chapter 9. Aspects of control in the "grain problem" and in VP-deletion ; Chapter 10. Summary and conclusions With some remaining questionsChapter 11. Turning to the Minimalist Program; Notes; References; Subject index; The Series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY
• Sommario/riassunto: The claim that "...pronominals have phonological features only where they must, for some reason", is strongly supported by the occurrence of the null pronoun PRO as coined and introduced by Noam Chomsky. How reference of PRO is determined is the main subject of control theory, the subsystem of core grammar to which this study is dedicated. Chomsky has not followed up his "natural suggestion that choice of controller is determined by theta roles or other semantic properties of the verb, perhaps pragmatic conditions of some sort."But then, a great many students of control have engaged in exp
• Titolo autorizzato: Control in Grammar and Pragmatics
• ISBN: 1-282-16346-9; 9786612163463; 90-272-9926-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782530403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Linguistik aktuell ; ; Bd. 27.