Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket, in very good condition. Signed and dedicated by the author in Hebrew, with previous owner's name penned to FEP. Boards are a little sunned. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Spine is slightly cocked. Boards are clean, binding is sound and content is as unread. LW.

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Title

Elements of Control: Structure and Meaning in Infinitival Constructions

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0792366204

ISBN 13

9780792366201

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket

Signed

Signed and Dedicated By Author

Book Type

Used

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Language & Communication

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This book offers a new outlook on the derivation and interpretation of control constructions. Bringing together novel data and observations, it argues that Obligatory Control comes in two varieties: Exhaustive or Partial Control, the latter obtaining when PRO properly includes the controller. This distinction, arguably universal, is tightly linked to the tense specification of the infinitive. Non-Obligatory Control, on the other hand, is structurally conditioned, obtaining only in VP-external infinitives. A detailed investigation of how control interacts with Super-Equi constructions and psychological predicates sheds new light on issues such as extraposition, argument structure, and semantic selection.
This book clears up some common misconceptions about the nature of control, as well as sharpening the empirical challenges that face any comprehensive theory in this domain. Regardless of theoretical framework, scholars of syntax and semantics interested in these topics, will find this book a major contribution to the field.

About the Author

Idan Landau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics at Ben Gurion University, Israel.

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