Infinitives

Restructuring and Clause Structure

Susanne Wurmbrand

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9783110178647
• eBook ISBN: 9783110908329
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Grammar & Punctuation
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Infinitives: Restructuring and Clause Structure offers a detailed study of the clausal architecture of infinitival constructions providing a unified analysis of restructuring, control, modals, and raising. The book critically evaluates previous proposals from both syntactic and semantic perspectives and presents a new analysis incorporating many recent developments in generative linguistic theory. In addition to its theoretical contribution, Infinitives contains a detailed descriptive overview of a range of constructions, primarily from the Germanic languages and will thus not only be of value to generative linguists but will also serve as a general reference source for those interested in the Germanic languages.

Table of contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1. Infinitives in brief
• 2. Restructuring—its significance in history
• 2.1. The class of restructuring predicates
• 2.2. The structure of restructuring infinitives
• 2.3. The motivation for restructuring
• Chapter 2: Lexical restructuring
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Case assignment in restructuring constructions
• 2.1. A-movement—basic analysis
• 2.2. Other instances of νP-less infinitives
• 2.3. Restructuring vs. non-restructuring
• 2.4. The lack of case and bi-clausal approaches to restructuring
• 3. Tense properties of restructuring constructions
• 3.1. Infinitival tense
• 3.2. Tense vs. irrealis aspect
• 3.3. Restructuring infinitives are tenseless
• 3.4. Overt tense markers in Japanese infinitives
• 3.5. The restructuring/tense connection
• 4. Other functional projections
• 4.1. The restructuring configuration and functional projections
• 4.2. CP-properties of restructuring infinitives
• 4.3. Infinitival marker
• 4.4. Negation
• 5. Verb raising in restructuring constructions
• 5.1. The verb raising/restructuring connection
• 5.2. Tense dependencies
• 5.3. Intervening heads
• 5.4. Dislocation of restructuring complements
• 6. Summary
• Chapter 3: Functional restructuring
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The split IP parameter
• 2.1. English vs. German
• 2.2. German clause structure
• 3. Motivating the lexical/functional distinction
• 3.1. Restructuring predicates as auxiliaries
• 3.2. Lexical/functional differences in German
• 3.3. Restructuring and functional structure (Cinque 2000)
• 4. German functional constructions
• 4.1. Modal constructions
• 4.2. Raising constructions
• 4.3. Semi-functional constructions
• 5. Summary
• Chapter 4: The infinitival subject
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Infinitives with and without a syntactic subject
• 2.1. Binding
• 3. What is under control
• 3.1. Main proposal
• 3.2. Syntax ≠ semantics
• 3.3. “It” anaphors
• 4. Conclusion
• Chapter 5: Grades of (non-)restructuring
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Restructuring vs. non-restructuring
• 3. Graded (non-)restructuring
• 3.1. Restructuring vs. reduced non-restructuring
• 3.2. Non-restructuring
• 4. Semantic classification of infinitives
• 4.1. Two ways to forget
• 4.2. Factive (and propositional) infinitives
• Chapter 6: Summary and conclusion
• Appendix
• 1. Overview
• 2. Verb classification
• 3. Distinguishing irrealis, propositional, factive
• 3.1. Irrealis properties
• 3.2. Factive, propositional
• 4. (Non-)Restructuring properties
• 4.1. Passive
• 4.2. Pronoun fronting
• 4.3. Scrambling
• 5. Verb classifications in different languages
• 5.1. Rizzi (1976, 1982)
• 5.2. Napoli (1981)
• 5.3. Zagona (1982), Aissen and Perlmutter (1976, 1983)
• 5.4. Picallo (1985)
• 5.5. Burzio (1986)
• 5.6. Fanselow (1989)
• 5.7. Rutten (1991)
• 5.8. Haider (1993)
• 5.9. Sabel (1994/1996)
• 5.10. Cinque (1997)
• 5.11. Grosse (2000)
• References
• Index