Infinitives at the syntax-semantics interface : a diachronic perspective / edited by Łukasz Jędrzejowski, Ulrike Demske.

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English
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  • Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2017]
  • ©2017
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x, 362 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

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    "The major aim of this volume is to investigate infinitival structures from a diachronic point of view and, simultaneously, to embed the diachronic findings into the ongoing theoretical discussion on non-finite clauses in general. All contributions subscribe to a dynamic approach to infinitival clauses by investigating their origin, development and loss in miscellaneous patterns and across different languages."--Page 4 of cover.
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    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Contents
    • Infinitival patterns and their diachronic dynamics : questions and challenges / Łukasz Jędrzejowski and Ulrike Demske
    • I. AcI verbs and restructuring effects
    • Restructuring at the syntax-semantics interface / Thomas Grano
    • The Romanian infinitive selected by perception and cognition verbs / Isabela Nedelcu and Irina Paraschiv
    • A diachronic perspective on the semantics of AcI clauses in Greek / Jerneja Kavčič
    • II. Infinitive structures versus other non-finite and finite patterns
    • Finite, infinitival and verbless complementation : the case of believe, suppose and find / Frauke D'hoedt and Hubert Cuyckens
    • Early Modern Romanian infinitives : origin and replacement / Virginia Hill
    • Semantic factors for the status of control infinitives in the history of German / Augustin Speyer
    • Anti-agreeing infinitives in Old Hungarian / Éva Dékány
    • The emergence of expressions for purpose relations in older Indo-European languages / Rosemarie Lühr
    • Main clause infinitival predicates and their equivalents in Slavic : why they are not instances of insubordination / Björn Wiemer.
    ISBN
    • 9783110518474 (hardback)
    • 3110518473 (hardback)
    OCLC
    1004769813
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