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Chapter 9. Three ReasonPs

A view from free adjuncts
  • Yoshio Endo
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Micro- and Macro-variation of Causal Clauses
This chapter is in the book Micro- and Macro-variation of Causal Clauses

Abstract

In this chapter, I will discuss three types of reason expressions in the framework of the cartography of syntactic structures. After reviewing the previous analyses of two ReasonPs that house reason expressions, it will be shown that there is still another ReasonP that houses reason expressions involving free adjuncts. I will further explore the possibility of splitting up the new type of ReasonP into the central type and the peripheral type by extending Haegeman’s (2012) idea of adverbial clauses.

Abstract

In this chapter, I will discuss three types of reason expressions in the framework of the cartography of syntactic structures. After reviewing the previous analyses of two ReasonPs that house reason expressions, it will be shown that there is still another ReasonP that houses reason expressions involving free adjuncts. I will further explore the possibility of splitting up the new type of ReasonP into the central type and the peripheral type by extending Haegeman’s (2012) idea of adverbial clauses.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface and acknowledgments vii
  4. Chapter 1. Outline of the volume 1
  5. Part I. Setting the scene
  6. Chapter 2. Adverbial clauses and their variation 15
  7. Part II. Synchronic variation
  8. Chapter 3. Types of German causal clauses and their syntactic-semantic layers 51
  9. Chapter 4. Pragmatic subordination 101
  10. Chapter 5. English rationale since and a reassessment of the typology of adverbial clauses 129
  11. Chapter 6. Expressing non-volitional causality in English 167
  12. Chapter 7. Layers of subordinate clauses 184
  13. Chapter 8. On the syntax of causal clauses in Mandarin Chinese 221
  14. Chapter 9. Three ReasonPs 250
  15. Part III. Diachrony
  16. Chapter 10. On the divergent developments of two German causal subjunctions 269
  17. Chapter 11. Factors for the integration of causal clauses in the history of German 311
  18. Language index 347
  19. Subject index 348
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.231.09end

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface and acknowledgments vii
  4. Chapter 1. Outline of the volume 1
  5. Part I. Setting the scene
  6. Chapter 2. Adverbial clauses and their variation 15
  7. Part II. Synchronic variation
  8. Chapter 3. Types of German causal clauses and their syntactic-semantic layers 51
  9. Chapter 4. Pragmatic subordination 101
  10. Chapter 5. English rationale since and a reassessment of the typology of adverbial clauses 129
  11. Chapter 6. Expressing non-volitional causality in English 167
  12. Chapter 7. Layers of subordinate clauses 184
  13. Chapter 8. On the syntax of causal clauses in Mandarin Chinese 221
  14. Chapter 9. Three ReasonPs 250
  15. Part III. Diachrony
  16. Chapter 10. On the divergent developments of two German causal subjunctions 269
  17. Chapter 11. Factors for the integration of causal clauses in the history of German 311
  18. Language index 347
  19. Subject index 348
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