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Author:
Postal, Paul Martin, 1936-
Title:
Edge-based clausal syntax : a study of (mostly) English object structure / Paul M. Postal.
Publisher:
MIT Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xvi, 465 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Clauses.
English language--Syntax.
English language--Clauses.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-451) and indexes.
Contents:
3.5. 1. Links between Array 1 Single Objects and Ditransitive Second Objects 1.1. Concept Barrels -- 1.2. Languages and Grammars -- 1.3. Linguistic Trees -- 1.4. Edge-Extended Linguistic Trees -- 1.5. Beyond Edge-Extended Linguistic Trees: Metagraphs -- 1.6. Anaphora, Arc Relations, and Arc Types -- 2. Objects and Arrays -- 2.1. Objects -- 2.2. Diverse Types of English Objects -- 2.3. Types of Single Object Structures -- 2.4. Array 0 -- 2.5. Array 1 -- 2.6. Array 2 -- 2.7. The Prefix Re- -- 2.8. What the Distinct Arrays Imply -- 3. Double Object Structures -- 3.1. Basics -- 3.2. Links between Array 2 Single Objects and Ditransitive First Objects -- 3.3. Prepositional Flagging -- 3.4. More on 3 Objects and 3-Object-to-2 Advancement -- 3.5. Links between Array 1 Single Objects and Ditransitive Second Objects
5.3. The Interaction of Ditransitive Passives with Demotion to 4 3.7. Distinct Relations at Different Levels -- 3.8. Reconstructing 3 Objects as a Special Kind of PP -- 3.9. A Problem in Peruvian Spanish -- 3.10. Certain German Ditransitive 3 Objects -- 4. Periphrastic and Nonperiphrastic Passives -- 4.1. Preliminary Remarks -- 4.2. The Overall Structure of Periphrastic Passive Constituents -- 4.3. Clause Union Complement Passives -- 4.4. Clauses That Only Look Like Periphrastic Passives -- 4.5. More on Peruvian Spanish 3-Object-to-2 Advancement -- 4.6. Passive Victim Arc Constraints -- 4.7. Middles as Synthetic Passives -- 4.8. Remarks on Antipassives -- 4.9. Appendix: Remarks on Adjectival Clauses -- 5. Passivization Targets: I -- 5.1. The Adequacy of Simple 2 Object Restrictions -- 5.2. Pseudopassives and Pseudomiddles -- 5.3. The Interaction of Ditransitive Passives with Demotion to 4
8.3. One Aspect of Visser's Generalization Has Nothing to Do with Control 6. Passivization Targets: II -- 6.1. Periphrastic Passivization and Restricted Phenomena -- 6.2. Expletive There: Basics -- 6.3. Expletive There: Further Implications -- 6.4. Implications: Pseudopassive/Ditransitive Passive Parallels -- 6.5. Particles and 3 Object-Like Behavior -- 7. Passivization Targets: III -- 7.1. Passive Conclusions So Far -- 7.2. The Most Basic Constraints on English Passivization -- 7.3. Basic Past Ditransitive Passive Observations -- 7.4. Enriching the Database: I -- 7.5. Enriching the Database: II -- 7.6. Not Enriching the Database -- 7.7. Failures of Ditransitive 4 Object Passivization -- 7.8. Two Alternative Viewpoints -- 8. Visser's Generalization -- 8.1. A Much-Discussed Passivization Failure -- 8.2. Other Control Cases -- 8.3. One Aspect of Visser's Generalization Has Nothing to Do with Control
10. Results, If Any. 8.5. Visser's Generalization Does Not Fully Reduce to Independent Passive Principles -- 8.6. Perlmutter's Generalization -- 8.7. Quace-Based Constraints on Pseudopassivization and Q Constructions -- 8.8. Some Issues Related to Visser's Generalization -- 8.9. The Absence of Visser's Generalization Restrictions in Promise Nominalizations -- 8.10. French Parallels to Visser's Generalization -- 8.11. An Apparent Problem -- 9. Clauses with That Clause Complements -- 9.1. Some Basic That Clause Passive Considerations -- 9.2. Type II Verbal Clause Structures -- 9.3. Ditransitive Clauses with That Clause Complements -- 9.4. A Paradigm -- 9.5. Brief Remarks on Particles, 3 Objects, and That Clauses -- 10. Results, If Any.
ISBN:
0262512750 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262512756 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262014815 (alk. paper)
9780262014816 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)607656814
LCCN:
2010015782
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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