A Two-Tiered Theory of Control
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- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2015
Summary
A theory of control, equally grounded in syntax and semantics, that argues that obligatory control is achieved either through predication or through logophoric anchoring.This book revives and reinterprets a persistent intuition running through much of the classical work- that the unitary appearance of Obligatory Control into complements conceals an underlying duality of structure and mechanism. Idan Landau argues that control complements divide into two types- In attitude contexts, control is…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262527361 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262527367 |
| Author: | Idan Landau |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Linguistic Inquiry Monographs |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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About The Author
Idan Landau
Idan Landau is Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics at Ben-Gurion University. He is the author of Elements of Control- Structure and Meaning in Infinitival Constructions, The Locative Syntax of Experiencers (MIT Press), and Control in Generative Grammar- A Research Companion.
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