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Impersonal Constructions
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Author : Andrej Malchukov
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2011-07-20
Impersonal Constructions written by Andrej Malchukov and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-20 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume offers a much needed typological perspective on impersonal constructions, which are here viewed broadly as constructions lacking a referential subject. The contributions to this volume deal with all types of impersonality, namely constructions featuring nonagentive subjects, including those with experiential predicates (A-impersonals), presentational constructions with a notional subject deficient in topicality (T-impersonals), and constructions with a notional subject lacking in referential properties (R-impersonals), i.e. both meteo-constructions and man-constructions. The typological discussion benefits from a good coverage of impersonality in European languages, but also includes considerations of several African, American, South-East Asian, Australian, and Oceanic languages. The variation in the cross-linguistic realization of impersonality and the diachronic pathways leading to and from impersonality documented in this volume point to a novel perspective on impersonals as transitional structures or an intermediate stage of a more basic diachronic change be it from transitive to intransitive, or from active to passive, or participant-to event-centered construction.
Middle English Verbs Of Emotion And Impersonal Constructions
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Author : Ayumi Miura
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Studies in the History
Release Date : 2015
Middle English Verbs Of Emotion And Impersonal Constructions written by Ayumi Miura and has been published by Oxford Studies in the History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
Impersonal constructions in the history of English form a puzzling category, in that there has been uncertainty as to why some verbs are attested in such constructions while others are not, even though they look almost synonymous. This book tackles this under-discussed question in one of the most popular topics of English historical syntax, with special reference to verbs of emotion in Middle English.
Clausal Architecture And Subject Positions
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Author : Sabine Mohr
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Clausal Architecture And Subject Positions written by Sabine Mohr and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book offers a comparative study of the Germanic languages. It promotes a new approach to the OV vs. VO classification, according to which all clauses have a universal base where the internal argument is always merged in SpecVP. Word order differences and their correlates result from an interaction of checking conditions, the EPP and different types of verb movement, and from parametric variation concerning the location of the subject of predication in the I- or in the C-system. In the discussion of a range of impersonal constructions in German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Icelandic, the Mainland Scandinavian languages and English, it is shown that crosslinguistic variation as regards, e.g., the distribution of the expletive in impersonal passives and the occurrence of a Definiteness Effect in Transitive Expletive Constructions is mainly due to the choice of different kinds of 'expletive' elements (each associated with different featural make-ups which force them to show up in different positions), namely true expletives, event arguments and quasi-arguments, whereas expletive pro is shown not to exist.
The Early English Impersonal Construction
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Author : Ruth Möhlig-Falke
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2012-07-05
The Early English Impersonal Construction written by Ruth Möhlig-Falke and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Early English Impersonal Construction aims to demonstrate that an understanding of the functional and semantic aspects of impersonal verbs in Old and Middle English can shed light on questions that remain about these verbs today. The impersonal construction has been a topic of extensive research for over a hundred years. But three quandaries-their seemingly unsystematic development, the gradual loss of impersonal uses, and the difficulty of aligning this with structural changes in early English-have made explanations for their development unsatisfactory. Möhlig-Falke offers a detailed analysis of impersonal verbs within the framework of cognitive and constructional grammar. She focuses on the loss of the impersonal construction as a consequence of a redefinition of the grammatical categories of subject and object, and describes the diachronic development of impersonal verbs as a result of the complex interaction of verbal and constructional meaning. Her research comprises all verbs which are recorded in impersonal use in Old and Middle English, and takes account of their full range of syntactic uses. It is thus the most comprehensive investigation of the impersonal construction in early English available to date.
Impersonal Constructions
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Author : Andre? L?vovich Mal?chukov
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2011
Impersonal Constructions written by Andre? L?vovich Mal?chukov and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Features the contributions that deal with various types of impersonality, namely constructions featuring nonagentive subjects, including those with experiential predicates, presentational constructions with a notional subject deficient in topicality, and constructions with a notional subject lacking in referential properties.
Impersonals And Other Agent Defocusing Constructions In French
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Author : Michel Achard
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2015-01-14
Impersonals And Other Agent Defocusing Constructions In French written by Michel Achard and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-14 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book investigates French impersonals as a functional category. Any structure whose agent is defocused and whose predicate describes a situation stable enough to be generally available should be considered impersonal. In addition to il impersonals, the category also includes demonstrative (ce/ça), middle (se), and indefinite (on) structures. These different forms belong to the same functional category because they systematically code general and predictable events that cannot be imputed to a specific cause. Because generality and predictability are gradual notions, impersonals can only be identified within the context of specific constructional islands which therefore constitute the organizing principle of the French impersonal category. Conducted in Cognitive Grammar, the analysis follows the functional tradition in expanding the scope of French impersonals beyond il constructions, but also proposes a way of precisely delineating the category. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in impersonal constructions and French linguistics.
Impersonal Si Constructions
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Author : Roberta D'Alessandro
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2008-09-25
Impersonal Si Constructions written by Roberta D'Alessandro and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book is a research monograph on impersonal si constructions (ISC) in Italian within the Minimalist program framework. The book offers a new point of view on ISCs, providing a new set of crucial data that were previously unknown, and pointing out many characteristics of ISCs that were overlooked before. It results in the introduction of additional means of syntactic analysis at the edge between narrow syntax and pragmatics.
Functions Of Passive And Impersonal Constructions
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Author : Jan Anward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Functions Of Passive And Impersonal Constructions written by Jan Anward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.
The Early English Impersonal Construction
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Author : Ruth Möhlig-Falke
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-06
The Early English Impersonal Construction written by Ruth Möhlig-Falke and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Early English Impersonal Construction aims to demonstrate that an understanding of the functional and semantic aspects of impersonal verbs in Old and Middle English can shed light on questions that remain about these verbs today.
Impersonal Constructions And Sentential Arguments In German
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Author : Anna Cardinaletti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Impersonal Constructions And Sentential Arguments In German written by Anna Cardinaletti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with German language categories.