Reed Strengthening the PRO Hypothesis

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-61451-041-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 110, 395 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]

Zielgruppe

Strengthening the PRO Hypothesis is a scholarly text aimed at researchers and graduate students in generative syntactic theory, as well as semanticists interested in the syntax-semantics interface. Syntacticians in alternative syntactic frameworks will also find the work of interest. This book could be used as a secondary work in core MA and PhD courses in syntax and/or semantics or it could form the basis for a seminar on the syntax and semantics of Control Theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reed, Lisa A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgments;7
2;Contents;9
3;Chapter 1. Overview;11
4;Chapter 2. On the historical development of PRO approaches to Control;16
5;Chapter 3. Movement and implicit argument approaches to Control;154
6;Chapter 4. A critical look at some standard arguments in favor of PRO;225
7;Chapter 5. Remotivating a PRO approach to Control;250
8;Chapter 6. The syntax of Control;266
9;Chapter 7. On the reference of PRO;303
10;Chapter 8. On an unexpected gap in the distribution of PRO;335
11;Chapter 9. Conclusions;363
12;Bibliography;381
13;Index;390

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa A. Reed, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.