TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmid,Tanja
TI  - Infinitival syntax: infinitivus pro participio as a repair strategy 
T2  - Linguistik aktuell =
SN  - 9789027294210
AV  - P293.2 .S36 2005eb
U1  - 415/.6 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Pub.
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Infinitival constructions
KW  - Verb
KW  - Germanic languages
KW  - Syntax
KW  - Infinitives
KW  - Verbe (Linguistique)
KW  - Langues germaniques
KW  - Syntaxe
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Grammar & Punctuation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - fast
KW  - Onbepaalde wijs
KW  - gtt
KW  - Germaanse talen
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Infinitival Syntax; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of constraints; 1. Introduction; 2. Infinitive or past participle; 3. The verb order; 4. Main features of previous analyses of the IPP; 5. Introduction to Optimality Theory (OT); 6. A case study of German I: Obligatory versus impossible IPP; 7. A case study of German II: The verb order; 8. Optional IPP in German; 9. Parameterisation in OT: The other languages; 10. Conclusion; References; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
N2  - This monograph offers a new analysis of West Germanic 'Infinitivus Pro Participio' (IPP) constructions, within the framework of Optimality Theory. IPP constructions have long been problematic for syntactic theory, because a bare infinitive is preferred over the expected past participle. The book shows how the substitution of the past participle by the infinitive in IPP constructions can be captured straightforwardly if constraints are assumed to be violable. The basic idea is that IPP constructions are exceptional because they violate otherwise valid rules of the language. Thus, IPP is a 'last
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