Hittite pai- ‘go’ and uwa- ‘come’ as Restructuring Verbs
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Bernhard Koller
Abstract
The present article provides a new syntactic analysis of the Hittite phraseological construction involving the verbs pai- ‘go’ or uwa- ‘come’ and a second finite verb. Most approaches have treated the construction as monoclausal in terms of verb serialization (Garrett 1990). This study will take a different approach, arguing that pai- and uwa- select a phrasal complement. The features that apparently set the construction apart from other cases of embedding in Hittite will be explained as effects of Restructuring (Rizzi 1982), a phenomenon Hittite also exhibits outside of the construction in question. It will further be argued that uwa- functions as a raising verb while pai- functions as a control verb, accounting for the differences in syntactic behavior between the two.
Abstract
The present article provides a new syntactic analysis of the Hittite phraseological construction involving the verbs pai- ‘go’ or uwa- ‘come’ and a second finite verb. Most approaches have treated the construction as monoclausal in terms of verb serialization (Garrett 1990). This study will take a different approach, arguing that pai- and uwa- select a phrasal complement. The features that apparently set the construction apart from other cases of embedding in Hittite will be explained as effects of Restructuring (Rizzi 1982), a phenomenon Hittite also exhibits outside of the construction in question. It will further be argued that uwa- functions as a raising verb while pai- functions as a control verb, accounting for the differences in syntactic behavior between the two.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface 1
- Reconstructing Proto-Indo-European categories 7
- The rise of ‘subordination features’ in the history of Greek and their decline 29
- Proto-Indo-European verb-finality 51
- Hittite pai- ‘go’ and uwa- ‘come’ as Restructuring Verbs 79
- Reconstructing passive and voice in Proto-Indo-European 101
- Toward a syntactic phylogeny of modern Indo-European languages 125
- Subject index 157
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface 1
- Reconstructing Proto-Indo-European categories 7
- The rise of ‘subordination features’ in the history of Greek and their decline 29
- Proto-Indo-European verb-finality 51
- Hittite pai- ‘go’ and uwa- ‘come’ as Restructuring Verbs 79
- Reconstructing passive and voice in Proto-Indo-European 101
- Toward a syntactic phylogeny of modern Indo-European languages 125
- Subject index 157
