On the Constituency of Infinitives

Köster, Jan; May, Robert

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“…That the subject is semantically implied is clear from the fact that the two examples express the same number of thematic relations; in the two examples the °matrix main verb beloven takes three arguments, the subject Jan, the direct object clause and the indirect object Peter, and the main verb lachen in the embedded clause takes one argument, which is expressed by the subject pronoun hij in the finite but remains unexpressed in the infinitival clause. This subsection shows that there are reasons for assuming that the semantically implied subject is actually syntactically present in the form of a phonetically empty noun phrase PRO; see Koster and May (1982), Paardekooper (1985Paardekooper ( /1986, Van Haaften (1991), and many others for similar arguments.…”

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Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases. Volume 2

Broekhuis¹,

Corver²

2015

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Section: Why Assume a Phonetically Empty Pro-subject?mentioning

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Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases. Volume 2

Broekhuis¹,

Corver²

2015

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“…SO never denies the syntactic fundamentals of GB, which is clarified by a premise she makes for the canonical form of infinitives: the uniform fullclause-structure as postulated for English and Dutch by Koster/May (1982). SO admits that this analysis may not be adequate in German syntax (p. 116) insofar as the non-lexicalized subject of the infinitival clauses is "dispensable" (p. 116).…”

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Review of Fries (1983): Syntaktische und semantische Studien zum frei verwendeten Infinitiv & Siebert-Ott (1983): Kontroil-Problème in infiniten Komplementkon-struktionen

Janssen

1986

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“…This argument is based on the following evidence. First, in Mayrinax Atayal a non-finite CP can be detached like a finite CP (Koster and May 1982). The examples in (69) and (70) show that 'i' complements of object control constructions and tough constructions can undergo topicalization.…”

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Linking constructions in Mayrinax Atayal

2017

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This study investigated and examined linking constructions in Mayrinax Atayal. Although in the literature, linkers are categorized as either complementizers or aspectual heads, their syntactic behaviors and statuses have not been fully probed and analyzed. From minimalist and cartographic viewpoints, this paper will divide Mayrinax linking constructions into three classes with respect to their distribution, function, and representation. There is a complex selectional relationship among matrix predicates, linkers, and complements. The obligatory selectional restrictions imposed by matrix predicates determine the diverse structures of complements and the syntactic statuses or features of linkers. High-order evaluative verbs and factive cognition verbs c-select finite island complements headed by high linkers, which are weak finite complementizers that do not allow extractions. Utterance verbs, cognition verbs, and evidential/epistemic modals c-select normal finite complements headed by mid linkers, which are strong finite complementizers that allow extractions. Low-linking constructions are further divided into three categories. The deontic modal c-selects a non-finite AspP introduced by a type A low linker, which occupies the aspectual head position. Tough/middle evaluatives and object control verbs c-select a non-finite CP introduced by a type B low linker, which surfaces as a strong non-finite complementizer. Low adverbial verbs, subject control verbs, and resultative action verbs c-select a non-phase intransitive vP introduced by a type C low linker, which is realized as a vP-layer complementizer. The linker cartography is a reflection of the predicate hierarchy, which has been established and verified by a huge number of languages. The findings from this study will shed light on understanding phase theory and cartographic syntax in Formosan languages.

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On the Constituency of Infinitives

Cited by 80 publications

References 12 publications

Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases. Volume 2

Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases. Volume 2

Review of Fries (1983): Syntaktische und semantische Studien zum frei verwendeten Infinitiv & Siebert-Ott (1983): Kontroil-Problème in infiniten Komplementkon-struktionen

Linking constructions in Mayrinax Atayal

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