by Polinsky, Maria, Hornstein, Norbert
fromLinguistik aktuell/linguistics today
by Polinsky, Maria, Hornstein, Norbert
fromLinguistik aktuell/linguistics today
Natural languages offer many examples of 'displacement', that is constructions in which a non-local expression is critical for some grammatical end. This title argues that the operations that generate the two constructions are the same, the differences arising from the positions…
Abbreviations -- Control as movement: across languages and constructions / Norbert Hornstein & Maria Polinsky -- Part I. Expanding the movement analysis of control: Movement theory of control and CP-infinitives in Polish / Jacek Witkos -- Obligatory control and local reflexives:…
by Polinsky, Maria, Hornstein, Norbert
fromLinguistik aktuell/linguistics today
Natural languages offer many examples of "displacement," i.e. constructions in which a non-local expression is critical for some grammatical end. Two central examples include phenomena such as raising and passive on the one hand, and control on the other. Though each phenomenon …
Natural languages offer many examples of "displacement," i.e. constructions in which a non-local expression is critical for some grammatical end. Two central examples include phenomena such as raising and passive on the one hand, and control on the other. Though each phenomenon …
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 bo…
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 bo…
This monograph is part of a growing research agenda in which semantics and pragmatics not only complement the grammar, but replace it. The analysis is based on the assumption that human language is not primarily about form, but about form-meaning pairings. This runs counter to t…
