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Author Reed, Lisa A.

Title Strengthening the PRO hypothesis / Lisa A. Reed
Published Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (x, 385 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in generative grammar, 0167-4331 ; volume 110
Studies in generative grammar ; 110.
Contents Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1. Overview; Chapter 2. On the historical development of PRO approaches to Control; Chapter 3. Movement and implicit argument approaches to Control; Chapter 4. A critical look at some standard arguments in favor of PRO; Chapter 5. Remotivating a PRO approach to Control; Chapter 6. The syntax of Control; Chapter 7. On the reference of PRO; Chapter 8. On an unexpected gap in the distribution of PRO; Chapter 9. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary Generative theory has long sought to capture the syntax of Control, questioning whether the complement clause contains a syntactically projected thematic subject, whether such an argument undergoes displacement and, if so, where and why, and what role semantics may play. This book continues in this tradition, critically examining paradigms erroneously assumed to favor PRO analyses over Movement and implicit argument accounts. It offers novel data amenable to analysis only within a PRO approach - but one radically different from its predecessors in form and interpretation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Subject Control (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitival constructions.
Grammar -- Comparative and general
Pragmatics.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Control (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitival constructions
Pragmatics
Generative Syntax
Kontrolle Linguistik
PRO-Element
Semantik
Form Electronic book
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1614510415
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