On the grammar of optative constructions
This monograph is one of the first theoretical studies of optatives. Optative constructions express desire without an overt lexical item that means 'desire'. The author specifically investigates optatives with the syntax of embedded clauses that contain prototypical particles such as '...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2012.
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| Colección: | Linguistics Today ;
v. 193. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30959664*spi |
| Sumario: | This monograph is one of the first theoretical studies of optatives. Optative constructions express desire without an overt lexical item that means 'desire'. The author specifically investigates optatives with the syntax of embedded clauses that contain prototypical particles such as 'only'. He rejects the view that optativity arises compositionally from the standard semantics of embedded clauses and prototypical particles. The following system is proposed: Desirability is due to a generalized scalar exclamation operator EX. Furthermore, clausal properties such as factivity/counterfactuality a. |
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| Notas: | 5.3 Mood, exclamations and the connection to verb second. |
| Descripción Física: | 358 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9789027273451 9789027255761 9781283539463 |
