Infinitive constructions with specified subjects : a syntactic analysis of the Romance languages

Author(s)

• Mensching, Guido

Bibliographic Information

Infinitive constructions with specified subjects : a syntactic analysis of the Romance languages

Guido Mensching

（Oxford studies in comparative syntax / Richard Kayne, general editor）

Oxford University Press, 2000

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-253) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Most Romance languages permit the overt realization of the grammatical subject in infinitive clauses in a considerable number of configurations. Mensching has the following goals: to describe systematically Romance infinitive constructions with specified subjects, taking into account diachronic and dialectical varieties; and then to interpret these facts within a generative framework, examining how overt subjects in infinitive clauses are licensed and what determines their case and position. His findings call for a thorough revision of the principles that have been assumed for analysing the Romance languages. Mensching uses eight Romance languages in his comparisons, among them Italian, Sardinian, Romanian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

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Details

• NCID: BA47456226
• ISBN:
  • 019513303X
  • 0195133048
• LCCN: 99038156
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 267 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PC162
  • DC21 : 440/.045
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Romance languages -- Infinitive
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA18658271