20.1725, Books: Syntax/Semantics: Fagan

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Subject: The Syntax and Semantics of Middle Constructions: Fagan
 

	
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Title: The Syntax and Semantics of Middle Constructions 
Subtitle: A Study with Special Reference to German 
Series Title: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 60  

Publication Year: 2009 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: Sarah M. B. Fagan

Paperback: ISBN:  9780521107464 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 21.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9780521107464 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 39.99


Abstract:

This study provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the syntax
and semantics of middle constructions in German, including those formed by
using the auxiliary lassen 'let'. English and French middles are also
treated in depth for comparative purposes. Sarah Fagan argues that middle
constructions are not to be accounted for in the syntax, but rather in a
bipartite lexicon consisting of Static and Dynamic components. This
division of the lexicon helps to clarify the analysis in a number of ways.
The author also considers middles in the context of recent work on
generics, and examines Vendler's typology of aspectual verb classes in the
light of middle formation in German and English. The study addresses a
number of issues in the syntax of modern German relevant to our
understanding of universal grammar: 1. the appearance of ergative
predicates in German: 2. the implications of impersonal clauses in German:
and 3. the use of reflexives in argument positions. The value of this study
is greatly enhanced by the wealth of language data and descriptive detail
given. 



Introduction; 
1. Properties of middles; 
2. Constraints on Middle Formation; 
3. Lexical versus syntactic derivation of middles; 
4. Middle Formation; 
5. Let middles; 
6. Concluding remarks. 


Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): German, Standard (deu)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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