| Complex Predicates: Verbal Complexes, Resultative Constructions, and Particle Verbs in German Contributor(s): Müller, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1575863863 ISBN-13: 9781575863863 Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: "Complex Predicates examines a number of linguistic phenomena--including auxiliary and verb combinations, causative constructions, predicatives, depictive secondary predicates, and particle and verb combinations--and uses scrambling and fronting data to determine that all except the depictive secondary predicates should be treated as complex predicates. Muller's analysis of inflection and derivation is compatible with syntactical analysis of particle verbs; as a byproduct, it also solves the particle verb bracketing paradox often discussed in the literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | German |
| Dewey: 435 |
| LCCN: 2002013483 |
| Series: Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.02" W x 9.06" (1.41 lbs) 482 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Complex Predicates examines a number of linguistic phenomena--including auxiliary and verb combinations, causative constructions, predicatives, depictive secondary predicates, and particle and verb combinations--and uses scrambling and fronting data to determine that all except the depictive secondary predicates should be treated as complex predicates. M ller's analysis of inflection and derivation is compatible with syntactical analysis of particle verbs; as a byproduct, it also solves the particle verb bracketing paradox often discussed in the literature. |