Chapter 1. Difficulties encountered in the syntactic analysis of constructions with the verb būti 'be'

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgement ix
4. List of abbreviations xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I. Copular constructions and their grammatical context
8. Chapter 1. Difficulties encountered in the syntactic analysis of constructions with the verb būti 'be' 19
9. Chapter 2. Semantic properties of the verb būti ('be') 27
10. Chapter 3. Types of copular constructions 55
11. Chapter 4. Peripheral cases of copular constructions 83
12. Chapter 5. Final remarks: Common ontology and functional differentiation 91
13. Part II. Specificational copular constructions
14. Chapter 6. The 'inverted' type of copular constructions: Its specificity and place in the classification of copular constructions 97
15. Chapter 7. Pseudoclefts – a variety of specificational copular sentences 115
16. Chapter 8. The problem of subject assignment in the specificational copular construction 133
17. Chapter 9. Final remarks 169
18. Part III. The expression of aspect in copular constructions
19. Chapter 10. Overview of basic issues 175
20. Chapter 11. The role of morphosyntactic encoding in aspectual expression in copular constructions 193
21. Chapter 12. Expression of aspect in different types of copular constructions 213
22. Chapter 13. Final remarks 253
23. General conclusions 257
24. Bibliography 265
25. Name index 273
26. Subject index 275