Semantic and syntactic aspects of impersonality / edited by Peter Herbeck, Bernhard Pöll & Anne C. Wolfsgruber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herbeck, Peter, editor.

Pöll, Bernhard, 1968- editor.

Wolfsgruber, Anne C., editor.

Series:

Linguistische Berichte. Sonderheft ; 26.

Linguistische Berichte. Sonderheft ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Subjectless constructions.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg : Buske, [2019]

Summary:

Peter Herbeck, Bernhard Pöll & Anne C. Wolfsgruber: ForewordHubert Haider: On expletive, semantically void, and absent subjectsJanayna Carvalho: Incorporated subjects in Existential Impersonal Sentences in Brazilian PortugueseThórhallur Eythórsson, Anton Karl Ingason & Einar Freyr Sigurðsson: Flavors of reflexive arguments in Icelandic impersonalsSigríður Sigurjónsdóttir & Joan Maling: From passive to active: diachronic change in impersonal constructionsAnne C. Wolfsgruber: Impersonal interpretations of Medieval Romance se - tracing initial contextsEduardo Amaral & Wiltrud Mihatsch: Incipient impersonal pronouns in colloquial Brazilian Portuguese based on pessoa, pessoal and povo

Contents:

Foreword / Peter Herbeck, Bernhard Pöll & Anne C. Wolfsgruber

On expletive, semantically void, and absent subjects / Hubert Haider

Incorporated subjects in existential impersonal sentences in Brazilian Portuguese / Janayna Carvalho

Flavors of reflexive arguments in Icelandic impersonals / Thórhallur Eythórsson, Anton Karl Ingason & Einar Freyr Sigurdsson

From passive to active: diachronic change in impersonal constructions / Sigridur Sigurjónsdóttir & Joan Maling

Impersonal interpretations of Medieval Romance "se" - tracing initial contexts / Anne C. Wolfsgruber

Incipient impersonal pronouns in colloquial Brazilian Portuguese based on "pessoa", "pessoal" and "povo" / Eduardo Amaral & Wiltrud Mihatsch.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783875489620

3875489624