Control and Grammar /

The grammatical phenomenon of control subsumes a variety of cases where an understood argument of a complement or adjunct clause is related to an explicit element occurring elsewhere in the sentence. The control phenomenon, though familiar from many languages, and widely discussed, has remained a pe...

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Main Author: Larson, Richard K.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Iatridou, Sabine, Lahiri, Utpal, Higginbotham, James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1992.
Series:Studies in linguistics and philosophy ; 48.
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Summary:The grammatical phenomenon of control subsumes a variety of cases where an understood argument of a complement or adjunct clause is related to an explicit element occurring elsewhere in the sentence. The control phenomenon, though familiar from many languages, and widely discussed, has remained a persistent and controversial topic in grammatical analysis. This volume presents nine new, theoretical studies of control. The authors explore the subject matter across a range of languages and constructions, in several different frameworks, and from a variety of perspectives including syntax, semantics, psycholinguistics and historical linguistics. The articles in this collection offer a stimulating introduction to the spectrum of issues in control theory and their bearing on theoretical linguistics today. The contributors include: Steven Franks, Kenneth Hale, James Higginbotham, Norbert Hornstein, James Huang, Pauline Jacobson, Brian Joseph, Howard Lasnik, Kenneth Wexler, and Edwin Williams.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 337 pages)
ISBN:9789401579599 (electronic bk.)
9401579598 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0924-4662 ;