Middle Voice: A comparative study in the syntax-semantics interface of German - Couverture rigide

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9789027227713: Middle Voice: A comparative study in the syntax-semantics interface of German
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ISBN 10 : 9027227713 ISBN 13 : 9789027227713
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2002

Synopsis

This book offers a completely new analysis of the syntax and semantics of transitive reflexive sentences in German, which is embedded in the major phenomenon of the middle voice in Indo-European languages. It integrates the interpretation of non-argument reflexives into a modified version of recent theories of binding. The ambiguity of the reflexive pronoun is derived at the interface between syntax and semantics and does not rely on additional lexical or syntactic rules of argument suppression and argument promotion. This shift towards the semantic interpretation of syntactic arguments enables the author to offer a unified analysis of the middle, the anticausative and the reflexive interpretations. Furthermore, the crucial distinction between structural and oblique case forms is discussed and it is illustrated how specific properties of middle constructions such as adverbial modification or subject responsibility can be related to the generic interpretation of middle constructions.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book offers a completely new analysis of the syntax and semantics of transitive reflexive sentences in German, which is embedded in the major phenomenon of the middle voice in Indo-European languages. It integrates the interpretation of non-argument reflexives into a modified version of recent theories of binding. The ambiguity of the reflexive pronoun is derived at the interface between syntax and semantics and does not rely on additional lexical or syntactic rules of argument suppression and argument promotion. This shift towards the semantic interpretation of syntactic arguments enables the author to offer a unified analysis of the middle, the anticausative and the reflexive interpretations. Furthermore, the crucial distinction between structural and oblique case forms is discussed and it is illustrated how specific properties of middle constructions such as adverbial modification or subject responsibility can be related to the generic interpretation of middle constructions.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027227713
ISBN 13 
9789027227713
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
349
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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Editeur : John Benjamins Pub Co, 2002
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