Middle voice : a comparative study in the syntax-semantics interface of German
This book offers a completely new analysis of the syntax and semantics of transitive reflexive sentences in German, which is embedded in the major phenomenon of the middle voice in Indo-European languages. It integrates the interpretation of non-argument reflexives into a modified version of recent theories of binding. The ambiguity of the reflexive pronoun is derived at the interface between syntax and semantics and does not rely on additional lexical or syntactic rules of argument suppression and argument promotion. This shift towards the semantic interpretation of syntactic arguments enable
Linguistik aktuell, Bd. 50, v. 50
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1 online resource (vii, 337 pages)
9789027297556, 9789027227713, 902729755X, 9027227713
70765731
Middle Voice; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Middle constructions and middle voice; Chapter 3: Lexical and syntactic approaches to middle formation; Chapter 4: The syntax of transitive reflexive sentences; Chapter 5: The interpretation of reflexive pronouns in German; Chapter 6: Suppressed arguments and dative objects; Chapter 7: Middle constructions revisited; Chapter 8: Conclusion; References; Subject index; Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today