Adverbials : the interplay between meaning, context, and syntactic structure / / edited by Jennifer R. Austin, Stefan Engelberg, Gisa Rauh |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub., 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (356 pages) |
Disciplina | 15/.76 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AustinJennifer R
EngelbergStefan RauhGisa |
Collana | Linguistik aktuell =Linguistics today |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Adverbials
English language |
ISBN |
9786612160349
9781282160347 1282160346 9789027295330 9027295336 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Adverbials -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Addresses -- Foreword -- Current issues in the syntax and semantics of adverbials -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamental phenomena and debates -- 2.1. Basic phenomena of adverbial order -- 2.2. Heads, complements, specifiers, and adjuncts -- 2.3. Adverbials as specifiers -- 2.4. Adverbials as adjuncts -- 3. Syntactic and semantic classes of adverbials -- 3.1. Classifying adverbials -- 3.2. Manner adverbials -- 3.3. Locative adverbials -- 3.4. Domain adverbials -- 4. Structural intricacies -- 4.1. More phenomena -- 4.2. Adverbials and gaps -- 4.3. Right periphery and mirror order -- 4.4. Left periphery and discourse connection -- 5. Categorial issues -- 5.1. Adverbs, AdvPs, and adverbials -- 5.2. Adverbs and adjectives -- 5.3. Adverbs and adverbials outside the verbal domain -- 6. Conclusion and outlook -- Notes -- References -- Circumstantial adverbs and aspect* -- 1. The syntax and semantics of manners and locatives -- 2. Some further data -- 3. Recent accounts -- 4. An alternative -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Optimizing adverb placement in gap constructions* -- Overview -- 1. Data -- 2. Previous approaches -- 2.1. Baker (1971, 1981) -- 2.2. Sag (1978, 1980), Sag and Fodor (1995), Kim and Sag (1996, 2002) -- 2.3. Empty Category Principle approaches -- 2.4. Summary -- 3. An Optimality Theoretic approach -- 3.1. Adverb placement: flexibility and restrictions -- 3.2. Wh-Movement, Fronting, and VP Ellipsis -- 3.3. Adverb placement in gap constructions -- 3.4. Adverb placement in French gap constructions -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Domain adverbs and the syntax of adjuncts* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The semantics of domain adverbs -- 2.1. Regular readings -- 2.2. Topic readings -- 2.3. Conclusion -- 3. Syntax -- 3.1. Theories of adjunct syntax.
3.2. Topic readings of domain adverbs -- 3.3. A Note on alternative orders -- 4. Theoretical implications -- 4.1. An argument for the semantically based account of adverb distribution -- 4.2. A second argument -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Depictives and transparent adverbs -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Depictives and events -- 2.1. The syntax of depictives -- 2.2. The temporal interpretation of depictives -- 2.3. Depictive constructions as complex events? -- 3. Manner adverbs and transparent adverbs -- 4. The semantics of transparent adverbs and depictives -- 4.1. Ernst (2002) -- 4.2. Minimal pairs -- 4.3. Transparent adverbs as event-dependent states -- 4.4. Choosing between adverbs and depictives -- 5. Grammatical contrasts between adverbs and depictives -- 5.1. Complementation -- 5.2. Orientation -- 5.3. Control in passives -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Degree Phrases versus Quantifier Phrases in prenominal and preverbal positions -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. A class of their own -- 1.2. DegP -- 1.3. Split-DegP -- 2. The distribution and licensing of adjectival and adverbial projections containing headed DegPs and QPs -- 2.1. Headed DegP and QP in right-peripheral positions -- 2.2. Raising from the right to the left periphery within extended nominal projections -- 2.3. Distributional asymmetries between QPs and DegPs -- 3. Towards an explanation -- 3.1. The syntax of result clauses and the interpretation of DegP and QP -- 3.2. Deg-heads as predicate parasites -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Other Sources: -- A feature-based theory of adverb syntax* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background -- 3. Adverbs in the Mittelfeld -- 3.1. French -- 3.2. German -- 4. Adverbs in the Nachfeld: The case of French (and English) -- 4.1. The order [verb adverb complement] -- 4.2. Sentence-final adverbs. 5. Adverbs in the Vorfeld -- 5.1. The order [Adv Subj V] vs. [Subj Adv V] in Romance and English -- 5.2. Adverbs in the German Vorfeld -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Where syntax and semantics meet -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some properties of the German middle field -- 3. Tests for base positions -- 3.1. Focus projection -- 3.2. Theme-rheme condition -- 3.3. Complex frontings -- 3.4. Quantifier scope -- 3.5. Existentially interpreted w-pronouns -- 4. Adverbial positions in the middle field -- 4.1. Directional adverbials -- 4.2. Manner adverbials -- 4.3. Instrumentals and comitatives -- 4.4. Mental attitude -- 4.5. Locatives -- 4.6. Temporals -- 4.7. Causals -- 4.8. Sentence adverbials -- 5. A look at other approaches -- 6. Mirror images: Adverbials in final position in English and in the German extraposition field -- 7. Summary -- Notes -- References -- Left/right contrasts among English temporal adverbials* -- Introduction -- 1. Some left/right contrasts -- 1.1. Scope asymmetries -- 1.2. ``Up-to-now'' and ``existential'' interpretations with the present perfect -- 1.3. ``Position definiteness'' asymmetries -- 1.4. ``Reference time'' and ``event time'' asymmetries -- 2. The syntax of LP temporal adverbials -- 3. Temporal adverbials and Aktionsart -- 4. Toward a discourse account of LP temporal adverbials -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. |
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Adverbials : the interplay between meaning, context, and syntactic structure |
Autore | Austin Jennifer R.; Engelberg, Stefan; Rauh, Gisa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : John Benjamins Pub, 2004 |
Disciplina | 415/.76 |
Collana | Linguistik aktuell = Adverbials |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Adverbials
Languages & Literatures Philology & Linguistics |
ISBN |
1-282-16034-6
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Adverbials : the interplay between meaning, context, and syntactic structure |
Autore | Austin Jennifer R.; Engelberg, Stefan; Rauh, Gisa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : John Benjamins Pub, 2004 |
Disciplina | 415/.76 |
Collana | Linguistik aktuell = Adverbials |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Adverbials
Languages & Literatures Philology & Linguistics |
ISBN |
1-282-16034-6
9786612160349 90-272-9533-6 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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Historical linguistics, 1997 [[electronic resource] ] : selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Düsseldorf, 10-17 August 1997 / / [edited by] Monika S. Schmid, Jennifer R. Austin, Dieter Stein |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Phildelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 417/.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SchmidMonika S
AustinJennifer R SteinDieter <1946-> |
Collana | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory |
Soggetto topico | Historical linguistics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-31230-1
9786613312303 90-272-7568-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 1997; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; SOUND LAWS: REACTIONS PRESENT AND PAST; 1. The problem; 1.1 Some ways of tackling the problem; 2. Another look; 2.1 Sound laws are non-causal generalizations; 2.2 Sound laws are statements of correspondences OR: the Neogrammarian hypothesis is both true and false; 2.3 Exceptionlessness is a working principle; 2.4 Exceptionlessness is a tautology; 2.5 Exceptionlessness is false; regularity is true; 3. Conclusions; Notes; References; PASSIVES IN WESTERN MALAYO-POLYNESIAN; 1. Introduction
2. Balinese3. Indonesian; 4. Other Sundic; Notes; References; WHAT CAN THIS BE? A WEST AFRICAN CONTRIBUTION TO SRANAN; 1. Introduction; 2. Di(si) as relativizer and as conjunction; 3. Di(si) in possessives and ordinals; 4. The position of demonstrative disi; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL ASPECT IN AKKADIAN AND PROTO-SEMITIC; 1. Theoretical foundations and historical background; 2. Proto-Semitic aspects; 3. Modal forms of Proto-Semitic; 4. Trajectories from Proto-Semitic to daughter languages; 5. Some parallels with IE languages; References EUPHEMISM WITH ATTITUDE POLITICALLY CHARGED LANGUAGE CHANGE1. Introduction; 2. What is political correctness?; 3. Political correctness and euphemism; 3.1 Euphemism with attitude; 3.2 What lies behind PC euphemism?; 3.3 The dysphemistic worm in the euphemistic bud; 4. Conclusion; Notes; References; THE LOSS OF THE VOICE DIMENSION BETWEEN LATE LATIN AND EARLY ROMANCE; 1. Introduction; 2. Transitivity as a gradient; 3. Transitivity in Latin; 3.1. The R-form; 3.2 Se /sibi + active verb; 3.3. Alternations in voice marking; 4. The loss of the voice dimension; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References HOW A HISTORICAL LINGUIST AND A NATIVE SPEAKER UNDERSTAND A COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY1. Introduction; 2. Sound Change; 3. Grammaticization; 4. Idiomaticization; 5. Summary; References; THE EVOLUTION OF GRAMMAR EVIDENCE FROM INDO-EUROPEAN PERFECTS; 1. Introduction; 1.2. Source determination; 1.2 Unidirectionality; 1.3 Universal paths; 2. The model of BPP; 3. The Indo-European perfect; 4. Indo-Iranian; 4.1 A Problem with Unidirectionality: Sanskrit aorists; 5. Greek; 6. Reduplication and stative perfects: a problem for Source Determination?; 7. Conclusion; 7.1 The stative as a basic category 7.2 Source determination7.3 Unidirectionality; 7.4 Universal paths; Notes; References; YIDDISH AND HEBREW BORROWING THROUGH ORAL LANGUAGE CONTACT; 1. Introduction; 2. Comparison with Borrowed Components in Other Languages; 2.1 Profile of Borrowing Interference; 2.2 Patterns of Lexical Borrowing; 2.3 Periphrastic Verbs; 3. Hebrew Origin Lexical Items; 4. External Evidence; 5. Conclusion; References; DEGENERATE FEET IN TACANAN LANGUAGES: UNMARKEDNESS IN OT; 1. Introduction; 2. Degenerate feet: The degenerate foot parameter and Catalexis; 3. Stress in Tacanan: Cavinena, Chama and Tacana 4. Degenerate feet in OT |
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Amsterdam ; ; Phildelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998 | ||
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Historical linguistics, 1997 [[electronic resource] ] : selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Düsseldorf, 10-17 August 1997 / / [edited by] Monika S. Schmid, Jennifer R. Austin, Dieter Stein |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Phildelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 417/.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SchmidMonika S
AustinJennifer R SteinDieter <1946-> |
Collana | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory |
Soggetto topico | Historical linguistics |
ISBN |
1-283-31230-1
9786613312303 90-272-7568-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 1997; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; SOUND LAWS: REACTIONS PRESENT AND PAST; 1. The problem; 1.1 Some ways of tackling the problem; 2. Another look; 2.1 Sound laws are non-causal generalizations; 2.2 Sound laws are statements of correspondences OR: the Neogrammarian hypothesis is both true and false; 2.3 Exceptionlessness is a working principle; 2.4 Exceptionlessness is a tautology; 2.5 Exceptionlessness is false; regularity is true; 3. Conclusions; Notes; References; PASSIVES IN WESTERN MALAYO-POLYNESIAN; 1. Introduction
2. Balinese3. Indonesian; 4. Other Sundic; Notes; References; WHAT CAN THIS BE? A WEST AFRICAN CONTRIBUTION TO SRANAN; 1. Introduction; 2. Di(si) as relativizer and as conjunction; 3. Di(si) in possessives and ordinals; 4. The position of demonstrative disi; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL ASPECT IN AKKADIAN AND PROTO-SEMITIC; 1. Theoretical foundations and historical background; 2. Proto-Semitic aspects; 3. Modal forms of Proto-Semitic; 4. Trajectories from Proto-Semitic to daughter languages; 5. Some parallels with IE languages; References EUPHEMISM WITH ATTITUDE POLITICALLY CHARGED LANGUAGE CHANGE1. Introduction; 2. What is political correctness?; 3. Political correctness and euphemism; 3.1 Euphemism with attitude; 3.2 What lies behind PC euphemism?; 3.3 The dysphemistic worm in the euphemistic bud; 4. Conclusion; Notes; References; THE LOSS OF THE VOICE DIMENSION BETWEEN LATE LATIN AND EARLY ROMANCE; 1. Introduction; 2. Transitivity as a gradient; 3. Transitivity in Latin; 3.1. The R-form; 3.2 Se /sibi + active verb; 3.3. Alternations in voice marking; 4. The loss of the voice dimension; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References HOW A HISTORICAL LINGUIST AND A NATIVE SPEAKER UNDERSTAND A COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY1. Introduction; 2. Sound Change; 3. Grammaticization; 4. Idiomaticization; 5. Summary; References; THE EVOLUTION OF GRAMMAR EVIDENCE FROM INDO-EUROPEAN PERFECTS; 1. Introduction; 1.2. Source determination; 1.2 Unidirectionality; 1.3 Universal paths; 2. The model of BPP; 3. The Indo-European perfect; 4. Indo-Iranian; 4.1 A Problem with Unidirectionality: Sanskrit aorists; 5. Greek; 6. Reduplication and stative perfects: a problem for Source Determination?; 7. Conclusion; 7.1 The stative as a basic category 7.2 Source determination7.3 Unidirectionality; 7.4 Universal paths; Notes; References; YIDDISH AND HEBREW BORROWING THROUGH ORAL LANGUAGE CONTACT; 1. Introduction; 2. Comparison with Borrowed Components in Other Languages; 2.1 Profile of Borrowing Interference; 2.2 Patterns of Lexical Borrowing; 2.3 Periphrastic Verbs; 3. Hebrew Origin Lexical Items; 4. External Evidence; 5. Conclusion; References; DEGENERATE FEET IN TACANAN LANGUAGES: UNMARKEDNESS IN OT; 1. Introduction; 2. Degenerate feet: The degenerate foot parameter and Catalexis; 3. Stress in Tacanan: Cavinena, Chama and Tacana 4. Degenerate feet in OT |
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Amsterdam ; ; Phildelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998 | ||
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Historical linguistics, 1997 : selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Düsseldorf, 10-17 August 1997 / / [edited by] Monika S. Schmid, Jennifer R. Austin, Dieter Stein |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Phildelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 417/.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SchmidMonika S
AustinJennifer R SteinDieter <1946-> |
Collana | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory |
Soggetto topico | Historical linguistics |
ISBN |
1-283-31230-1
9786613312303 90-272-7568-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 1997; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; SOUND LAWS: REACTIONS PRESENT AND PAST; 1. The problem; 1.1 Some ways of tackling the problem; 2. Another look; 2.1 Sound laws are non-causal generalizations; 2.2 Sound laws are statements of correspondences OR: the Neogrammarian hypothesis is both true and false; 2.3 Exceptionlessness is a working principle; 2.4 Exceptionlessness is a tautology; 2.5 Exceptionlessness is false; regularity is true; 3. Conclusions; Notes; References; PASSIVES IN WESTERN MALAYO-POLYNESIAN; 1. Introduction
2. Balinese3. Indonesian; 4. Other Sundic; Notes; References; WHAT CAN THIS BE? A WEST AFRICAN CONTRIBUTION TO SRANAN; 1. Introduction; 2. Di(si) as relativizer and as conjunction; 3. Di(si) in possessives and ordinals; 4. The position of demonstrative disi; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL ASPECT IN AKKADIAN AND PROTO-SEMITIC; 1. Theoretical foundations and historical background; 2. Proto-Semitic aspects; 3. Modal forms of Proto-Semitic; 4. Trajectories from Proto-Semitic to daughter languages; 5. Some parallels with IE languages; References EUPHEMISM WITH ATTITUDE POLITICALLY CHARGED LANGUAGE CHANGE1. Introduction; 2. What is political correctness?; 3. Political correctness and euphemism; 3.1 Euphemism with attitude; 3.2 What lies behind PC euphemism?; 3.3 The dysphemistic worm in the euphemistic bud; 4. Conclusion; Notes; References; THE LOSS OF THE VOICE DIMENSION BETWEEN LATE LATIN AND EARLY ROMANCE; 1. Introduction; 2. Transitivity as a gradient; 3. Transitivity in Latin; 3.1. The R-form; 3.2 Se /sibi + active verb; 3.3. Alternations in voice marking; 4. The loss of the voice dimension; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References HOW A HISTORICAL LINGUIST AND A NATIVE SPEAKER UNDERSTAND A COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY1. Introduction; 2. Sound Change; 3. Grammaticization; 4. Idiomaticization; 5. Summary; References; THE EVOLUTION OF GRAMMAR EVIDENCE FROM INDO-EUROPEAN PERFECTS; 1. Introduction; 1.2. Source determination; 1.2 Unidirectionality; 1.3 Universal paths; 2. The model of BPP; 3. The Indo-European perfect; 4. Indo-Iranian; 4.1 A Problem with Unidirectionality: Sanskrit aorists; 5. Greek; 6. Reduplication and stative perfects: a problem for Source Determination?; 7. Conclusion; 7.1 The stative as a basic category 7.2 Source determination7.3 Unidirectionality; 7.4 Universal paths; Notes; References; YIDDISH AND HEBREW BORROWING THROUGH ORAL LANGUAGE CONTACT; 1. Introduction; 2. Comparison with Borrowed Components in Other Languages; 2.1 Profile of Borrowing Interference; 2.2 Patterns of Lexical Borrowing; 2.3 Periphrastic Verbs; 3. Hebrew Origin Lexical Items; 4. External Evidence; 5. Conclusion; References; DEGENERATE FEET IN TACANAN LANGUAGES: UNMARKEDNESS IN OT; 1. Introduction; 2. Degenerate feet: The degenerate foot parameter and Catalexis; 3. Stress in Tacanan: Cavinena, Chama and Tacana 4. Degenerate feet in OT |
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