Advances in Greek Generative Syntax

Name: Advances in Greek Generative Syntax | In honor of Dimitra Theophanopoulou-Kontou
Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Price: 175.99 EUR
Availability: OnlineOnly

In honor of Dimitra Theophanopoulou-Kontou

Melita Stavrou Arhonto Terzi(Editor)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

1st Edition

Published on 19. May 2005

VIII, 366 pages

E-Book

PDF with Adobe-DRM

System requirements

978-90-272-9451-7 (ISBN)

€175.99incl. 7% vat

System requirements

for PDF with Adobe-DRM

E-Book Single Licence

Available for download

Description

More details

Other editions

Persons

Content

Advances in Greek Generative Syntax
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Contributors
Introduction
The volume
References
Agreement and multiple case licensing in Greek
1. Introduction
2. A definition of agreement
3. The licensing of agreement
4. Agreement in small clauses
4.1. The issue
4.2. Chomsky's (2001) proposal
4.3. The alternative: Case agreement
5. Agreement between the DP-subject and the verb
5.1. Subject-agreement in VS(O) and nominative case
5.2. Agreement and case licensing
6. Conclusion
Notes
References
Determiner heads as arguments and the Pronominal Argument (macro)parameter
1. Introduction
2. DP versus D0 arguments and parametrisation
3. Some conceptual difficulties with the relevance of N to argumenthood
3.1. Distinguishing between X0 and XP
3.2. Clausal arguments
4. Languages with both D0 and DP arguments
4.1. Yagua
4.2. Koranic Arabic8
4.3. Basso Polesano
5. Determiners as arguments
5.1. Only Determiners can be arguments
5.2. The semantics of D and argumenthood
5.3. Parametric variation without a Pronominal Argument parameter
5.4. Verbal vs. nominal D
5.5. A typology of arguments
6. Conclusion
Notes
References
Cross-linguistic and cross-categorial variation of datives
1. Introduction
2. Goal ditransitives
2.1. Forms of goals
2.2. The genitive-PP alternation is a `dative alternation'
2.3. The syntax of genitive goals and goals introduced by `se'
2.4. Accounting for passives and derived nominals
3. Benefactive ditransitives
3.1. Forms of beneficiaries
3.2. The properties of benefactive constructions
3.3. The structures of benefactive constructions
4. Oehrle's contexts and the ambiguity of se-goals
5. Se-PPs vs. to-PPs
6. On the categories of high and low datives
6.1. Japanese high `ni'-datives are DPs and low `ni'-datives are PPs
6.2. High and low French `à'-datives
6.3. French `à'-datives are DPs and Greek `se'-datives are PPs
6.4. Cliticization and clitic doubling of datives
7. Concluding remarks
Notes
References
A possessive adjective in the Greek DP
1. Introduction
2. The properties of the MG complex possessive construction
2.1. +Reflexive or -reflexive?
2.2. Distributional properties
2.3. Semantic properties
3. PAs in Ancient Greek
4. The structure of the complex possessive in Modern Greek
5. Possessive i&=ios
6. Conclusions
Notes
References
Subject-object asymmetry in the acquisition of the definite article in Greek
1. Introduction
2. Factors involved in the licensing of bare nouns
3. Chierchia's Nominal Mapping Parameter
4. Predictions for the acquisition of the definite article and the licensing conditions for bare arguments
5. The data
5.1. The acquisition of definite articles: Overall use of definite articles
5.2. Looking for the trigger: The use of articles with proper names and kinship terms
5.3. Acquiring bare arguments
5.4. Subject-object asymmetry
5.5. Acquiring the licensing conditions for bare singular count nouns
6. Summary and conclusion
Notes
References
Peripheral positions in early Greek
1. Introduction
2. The adult grammar
3. The theory of L1 acquisition and predictions
4. The data
4.1. Focusing, CLLD, clitic-doubling and interrogatives
4.2. Tense, Agreement, Modal particles and Subjects
4.3. Word-order
4.4. Modality
5. Implications and conclusions
Notes
References
Eventivity, modality and temporal reference in child Greek
1. Introduction
2. Root infinitives in child language: Distribution and interpretation
2.1. Distribution
2.2. Interpretation
3. Root non-finite forms in child Greek
4. The aspectual, modal and temporal properties of verb forms in child Greek
5. A note on the functional architecture
6. Concluding remarks
Notes
References
From participles to gerunds
1. Introduction
2. The data and the historical process of development
2.1. Stage 1 - Ancient Greek
2.2. Stage 2 - Koine (New Testament (NT) & papyri)
2.2. Stage 2 - Late post-classical / early medieval (4th-6th c.)
2.3. Stage 3 - Middle Byzantine
2.4. Stage 4 - Later Byzantine (12th-15th c.)
2.5. Stage 5 - Post-Byzantine Greek
2.6. Stage 6 - Modern Greek
2.7. Summary of evolution
3. Parallel evolution in other languages
3.1. Romance
3.2. Slavic and Baltic
4. The evolution from participle to gerund
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Previous accounts
4.3. Origins of the change
4.4. From participle to gerund
5. Implications for syntactic theory
5.1. The status and external syntax of MG gerunds
5.2. The internal structure of Passive Participles
5.3. The internal structure of gerunds
6. Conclusions
Notes
References
Primary sources
WH-clauses in DP-positions
1. Introduction
2. Future wh-clauses
3. Future wh-clauses vs. Realis Free Relatives
3.1. Morphological differences
3.2. Syntactic differences
3.3. Semantic differences
3.4. Conclusion
4. The anaphoric properties of FWHCs
5. Narrow scope in quantificational constructions
6. Future wh-clauses vs. Irrealis Free Relatives
6.1. Similarities between FWHCs and IFRs
6.2. Differences between FWHCs and IFRs
6.3. Some less comprehensible differences
7. The semantics of FWHCs
7.1. FWHCs are intensional definite DPs
7.2. The selecting predicates are used intensionally
7.3. Selection and FWHCs
8. The syntax of FWHCs
9. The selecting predicates have an unbounbed eventuality component
10. Irrealis Free Relatives
10.1. The selecting predicates
10.2. The semantics of IFRs
10.3. The syntax of IFRs
11. Theoretical consequences
Notes
References
Appendix I
Examples of FWHCs
Appendix II
Examples of IFRs
The syntax of non-volitional thetaelo in Greek
1. Volitional and non-volitional thetaelo: General properties
2. Non-volitional thetaelo and the na-complement
3. Non-volitional thetaelo and the nominal complement
4. `Want' and `need': The two faces of thetaelo
5. Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today

System requirements

Save as PDF Copy link into clipboard

Schweitzer Fachinformationen

Advances in Greek Generative Syntax

Description

More details

Other editions

Additional editions

Persons

Content

System requirements