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This book aims to clarify some puzzles that have been topical in formal linguistics for many decades now. It concerns the status of English and, for comparison, Czech infinitives, as opposed to finite clauses and marginally also gerunds. The book systematically demonstrates the functional (meaning) and syntactic (form) properties of infinitives. It highlights the essential properties common to all infinitives, their core structure in Logical Form (LF) and their relation to an irrealis feature. It also investigates the particularities of the various infinitival constructions.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9783631885093
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 232
  • Published:
  • December 15, 2022
  • Dimensions:
  • 153x18x216 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 418 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 12, 2024

Description of The Grammar of English Infinitives with Czech Comparison

This book aims to clarify some puzzles that have been topical in formal linguistics for many decades now. It concerns the status of English and, for comparison, Czech infinitives, as opposed to finite clauses and marginally also gerunds. The book systematically demonstrates the functional (meaning) and syntactic (form) properties of infinitives. It highlights the essential properties common to all infinitives, their core structure in Logical Form (LF) and their relation to an irrealis feature. It also investigates the particularities of the various infinitival constructions.

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