Control in grammar and pragmatics : a cross-linguistic study / Rudolf Ruzicka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Růžička, Rudolf.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 27.

Linguistik aktuell = Lingusitics today, 0166-829 ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Control (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The claim that "...pronominals have phonological features only where they must, for some reason", is strongly supported by the occurrence of the null pronoun PRO as coined and introduced by Noam Chomsky. How reference of PRO is determined is the main subject of control theory, the subsystem of core grammar to which this study is dedicated. Chomsky has not followed up his "natural suggestion that choice of controller is determined by theta roles or other semantic properties of the verb, perhaps pragmatic conditions of some sort."But then, a great many students of control have engaged in exp

Contents:

CONTROL IN GRAMMAR AND PRAGMATICS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Preliminaries; Chapter 3. The theory outlined; Chapter 4. The persuade subclass and cognate ones subject to the general constraint; Chapter 5. The case of promise; Chapter 6. No Choice of Controller; Chapter 7. Reflexive clitic impersonal clauses in Control structures; Chapter 8. "Self-control" with evaluating and attitudinal predicates; Chapter 9. Aspects of control in the "grain problem" and in VP-deletion

Chapter 10. Summary and conclusions With some remaining questionsChapter 11. Turning to the Minimalist Program; Notes; References; Subject index; The Series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-204) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-16346-9

9786612163463

90-272-9926-9

OCLC:

70765866