Nonfinite Inquiries: Materials for a Comparative Study of Nonfinite Predicative Domains

Alain Rouveret

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Nonfinite Inquiries

Materials for a Comparative Study of Nonfinite Predicative Domains

Alain Rouveret

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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Volume 138 | Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]

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This study aims at developing a unified perspective on nonfiniteness, encompassing its morphological, syntactic and semantic aspects. It puts the emphasis on clause types distinct from standard infinitives (gerund clauses, Celtic verbo-nominal structures, Portuguese inflected infinitives, Latin dominant participle constructions) and takes advantage of the most recent developments in syntactic theory. The notions of defectiveness and completeness, the inheritance hypothesis, the labeling requirement, the syntactic definition of lexical categories, once combined together, appear to make accessible tighter and more elegant analyses than previous accounts.

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Alain Rouveret, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
I Questions about nonfiniteness
1 Finiteness, tense, person agreement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 How nonfinite domains differ from finite ones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3 Crossing the verb/noun border Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
4 A program Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
II Key concepts and emerging issues in recent syntactic theorizing
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
5 Categories and their labels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
6 Categories and their features: Inheritance and the C-T connection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
7 The licensing of overt and controlled subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
8 The semantics of nonfinite tense Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
III The morphosyntax of English gerund forms
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
9 The syntax/morphology interface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
10 Transcategorial items, mixed projections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
11 A preliminary classification of gerund phrases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
12 Lexical approaches to trancategoriality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
13 Syntactic accounts of transcategoriality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
14 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
IV The syntax of English gerund clauses
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
15 Some semantic properties of gerund domains Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
16 How gerund constructions differ from one another Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
17 A labeling analysis of Acc-ing constructions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
18 A category-switching analysis of Poss-ing constructions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
19 A note on nominal gerund constructions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
21 Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
V The morphosyntax of verbo-nominal heads in contemporary Welsh
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
22 The two uses of the verb-noun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
23 The internal structure of VNP projections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
24 Aspectual properties of Welsh verb-nouns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
25 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
VI The syntax of Welsh verbo-nominal clauses
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
26 i-initial verbo-nominal clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
27 Bod-initial constructions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
28 Labeling Welsh VN-clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
29 The tense of VN-clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
30 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
VII Verbo-nominal root clauses in Middle Welsh
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
31 Some remarkable data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
32 A short excursus on unergative VNs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
33 Against the nominal analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
34 The ergativity of verbo-nominal root and embedded clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
35 Making the ergative analysis explicit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
36 Coexistence of ergative-absolutive and nominative-accusative patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
37 The interpretation of tense Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
38 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
39 Appendix: Proposals for the analysis of ergative structures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
VIII The syntax of inflected infinitives in European Portuguese
40 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
41 Three asymmetries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
42 The non-existence of an auxiliary/main verb asymmetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
43 The case licensing of IIC subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
44 The eventive/stative divide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	286
45 The factive/nonfactive asymmetry and the categorial identity of IICs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
46 Labeling IICs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
47 Inflected/uninflected infinitive clauses with a null subject Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
48 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
49 Appendix: Verb classes in European Portuguese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
IX Extraposition phenomena
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
50 The extraposition of embedded finite clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
51 Why Welsh VN-clauses obligatorily extrapose, why Welsh VN-phrases cannot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
52 A principled approach to extraposition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
53 Why gerund clauses don’t extrapose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
54 Why Portuguese inflected infinitive structures sometimes extrapose, sometimes don’t Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
55 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
X The Latin ab urbe condita construction
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56 Domain of study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
57 Basic syntactic and semantic properties of the DPC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	368
58 The analysis of passive past participles: A few landmarks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	374
59 DPCs as mixed projections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
60 Agreement and case in DPCs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	392
61 The origin of linguistic variation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
62 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	404
XI Facts and events, attitudinal objects and states of affairs
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409
63 Do gerund clauses name facts? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
64 Verbo-nominal clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
65 On attitudinal objects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
66 Inflected infinitive constructions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	424
67 Taking stock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	426
XII Conclusion: The many faces of defectiveness
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68 Semantics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
69 Morphosyntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	435
70 Syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
71 On defectiveness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	442
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	463

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March 6, 2023

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9783110769289

Hardcover published on:

March 6, 2023

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110769159

Paperback published on:

November 4, 2024

Paperback ISBN:

9783111619569

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17

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465

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110769289

eBook ISBN: 9783110769289

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110769159

Paperback ISBN: 9783111619569

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Nonfinite Domains; Syntactic Defectiveness; Subject Licensing; Linguistic Minimalism

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Researchers interested in the Minimalist Program, Finiteness, Syntax-Morphology Interface, Descriptive Linguistics, Typology

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