Verbs and diachronic syntax : a comparative history of English and French

書誌事項

Verbs and diachronic syntax : a comparative history of English and French

Ian Roberts

(Studies in natural language and linguistic theory, v. 28)

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1993

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 91

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-354) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book combines several strands of my work, both individually and in collaboration with various people, over the last couple of years. To a very large extent, I have been inspired by the many talks, classes, appointments and other interactions that took place in the exciting intellectual environ ment that grew up among the linguists working in Geneva in the period 1989-90. It is impossible to mention by name everyone who influenced the devel opment of this material, but I'd particularly like to thank the students in my class 'linguistique diachronique' during that period, who had to suffer through preliminary versions of much of this book, and often seemed to understand what I was getting at better than I did. Luigi Rizzi did more than anyone else to create the unique atmosphere here in the last couple of years, and so he deserves our gratitude for that; he was also my collaborator on the synchronic work on French inversion that inspired much of this book; he also read the whole manuscript in draft form and gave detailed comments; he is also, as anyone working in current comparative syntax knows, a wellspring of knowledge, ideas and inspiration. Maria-Teresa Guasti also read the entire manuscript and gave me invaluable comments. Sten Vikner was a great help, for much more than just Danish data. Special thanks also to Adriana Belletti, Anna Cardinaletti, Liliane Haegeman and Cecilia Poletto.

目次

Preface. 1: The Analysis of Inversion. 1.0. Introduction. 1.1. Inversion and X-Bar Theory. 1.2. Inversion and Case Theory. 1.3. Inversion and Incorporation. 1.4. Verb Second. 1.5. Complex Inversion. 2: The History of French Interrogatives. 2.0. Introduction. 2.1. Inversion and Interrogatives in Old French. 2.2. Pronominal Subjects in OF. 2.3. Developments in Middle French. 2.4. The Sixteenth Century and After. 2.5. Conclusion. 3: The English Auxiliary System. 3.0. Introduction. 3.1. Verb-Raising and the Status of Agr. 3.2. Do-Insertion. 3.3. Modals. 3.4. Conclusion: the Loss of V2 in English. Appendix. References. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

関連文献: 1件中  1-1を表示

詳細情報

ページトップへ