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Particles: On the Syntax of Verb-Particle, Triadic, and Causative Constructions

Particles: On the Syntax of Verb-Particle, Triadic, and Causative Constructions

Den Dikken, Marcel

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Series: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 0195091345
ISBN13: 9780195091342
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 16 1995
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Particles are words that do not change their form through inflection and do not fit easily into the established system of parts of speech. Examples include the negative particle not, the infinitival particle to (as in to go), and do and let in do tell me and let's go. Particles investigates the constraints on the distribution and placement of verbal particles. A proper understanding of these constraints yields insight into the structure of various secondary predicative constructions. Starting out from a detailed analysis of complex particle constructions, den Dikken brings forth accounts of triadic constructions and Dative Shift, and the relationship between dative and transitive causative constructions--all of them built on the basic structural template proposed from complex particle constructions. Drawing on data from Norwegian, English, Dutch, German, West Flemish, and other languages, this book will interest a wide audience of students and specialists.

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