Semantic issues in Romance syntax

Semantic issues in Romance syntax / edited by Esthela Treviño, José Lema.

All of the articles in this volume focus on the interaction of form and meaning. Most of them are developed under the principal thesis of the Minimalist Program. These works show that the theoretical linguistic trend is to discover semantic aspects which are assumed to have visible syntactic repercu...

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Other Authors: Treviño, Esthela, Lema, José
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©1999.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 173.
Subjects:
Romance languages > Syntax.
Romance languages > Semantics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Romance Languages (Other)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > French.
Romance languages > Semantics
Romance languages > Syntax
Syntax
Romaanse talen.
Semantiek.
Romanische Sprachen.
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Table of Contents:
  • SEMANTIC ISSUES IN ROMANCE SYNTAX; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; INFINITIVES VS. PARTICIPLES; WITHOUT EXPLETIVE REPLACEMENT?; VERBAL STRUCTURES AND VARIATION; FRENCH DEGREE QUANTIFIERS AND THE SYNTAX OF MASS AND COUNT; NEUTER RELATIVES AND THE DEGREE OPERATOR; ON THE INTERPRETATION OF SPANISH N-WORDS; WHAT DOES ZERO SYNTAX ADD TO AN ANALYSIS OF FRENCH PSYCH VERBS?; THE PRONOUN ~ DETERMINER DEBATE: EVIDENCE FROM SARDINIAN AND REPERCUSSIONS FOR FRENCH; A MINIMALIST APPROACH TO COMPOSITIONALITY OF ASPECT; CONFIGURATIONAL ATTITUDES
  • INFORMATION FOCUS: BETWEEN CORE AND PERIPHERYRELATIVIZED IMPERSONALITY: DEONTIC SENTENCES IN CATALAN; QUAINT AGREEMENT AND THE THEORY OF SPELL-OUT; AKTIONSART AND TRANSITIVE PHRASES; DETERMINER TRANSPARENCY: EVIDENCE FROM BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE; THE POST-VERBAL SUBJECT POSITION OF ITALIANUNACCUSATIVE VERBS OF INHERENTLYDIRECTED MOTION; INDEX OF AUTHORS; INDEXOF TERMS & CONCEPTS; INDEX OF LANGUAGES & LANGUAGE FAMILIES

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