Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change

Name: Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change
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ISBN: 9780198299608

ISBN-10: 0198299605

ISBN-13: 9780198299608

Edition: 2002

Authors: D. Gary Miller

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This book investigates the precise nature of nonfinite structures and explores the ways in which they change. Gary Miller examines a broad range of structures, including traditional infinitives, gerunds, and participles, across different Indo-European (and some non-Indo-European) languages now and in the past. As structures which are nonfinite in some languages are not so in others, the question arises whether the concept 'nonfinite' has any meaning or explanatory power. In seeking an answer to this conundrum, the author shows that infinitives with subject person agreement, such as in West Greenlandic, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Welsh, and Hungarian, share properties with prototypical…

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List price: $320.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/23/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 484
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Introduction



Case Checking and Accord



Tense and Nonfinite Clauses



Null Subjects and Control



Plain and Conjugated Infinitives



West Greenlandic



Small Clauses and ECM



The ECM Innovation in English



Infinitives in Older English



The -Ing Participle and Perception Complements



English Gerundials



History of English Gerundials



Infinitive, Gerundive, Participle


Primary Sources


Editions of Older English Texts