Plain and Conjugated Infinitives

Abstract Traditionally, infinitiveand nonfinitehave referred to some verbal form without subject (especially person) agreement (Agr). The four case studies in this chapter present problems for that definition. Phrasing the problem loosely, PRO transmits (Agr) features obligatorily in Modern Greek, o...

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Main Author: Gary Miller, D
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780198299608.003.0005 2023-12-31T10:07:34+01:00 Plain and Conjugated Infinitives Gary Miller, D 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198299608.003.0005 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52234590/isbn-9780198299608-book-part-5.pdf unknown Oxford University PressOxford Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change page 75-110 ISBN 9780198299608 9781383019605 book-chapter 2002 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198299608.003.0005 2023-12-06T09:03:58Z Abstract Traditionally, infinitiveand nonfinitehave referred to some verbal form without subject (especially person) agreement (Agr). The four case studies in this chapter present problems for that definition. Phrasing the problem loosely, PRO transmits (Agr) features obligatorily in Modern Greek, only when assigned absolutive case in West Greenlandic (Chapter 5), and never in Portuguese, Hungarian, or Welsh core subject control structures. The question is: what, if anything, do these have in common to warrant generalizing nonfiniteto constructions that are patently finite in the traditional sense? Book Part greenlandic Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 75 110
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