Date: 30-Jul-2008 From: Jasper de Vaal <jasper.devaalspringer.com> Subject: New Horizons in the Analysis of Control and Raising: Davies, Dubinsky (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: New Horizons in the Analysis of Control and Raising
Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Published: 2008
Publisher: Springer
http://www.springer.com
Editor: William D. Davies
Editor: Stanley Dubinsky
Paperback: ISBN: 9781402061776 Pages: 350 Price: U.S. $ 79.95
Paperback: ISBN: 9781402061776 Pages: 350 Price: U.K. £ 37.50
Paperback: ISBN: 9781402061776 Pages: 350 Price: Europe EURO 49.95
Abstract:
Note: This is the paperback edition of a previously announced title.
> Finely detailed empirical studies on control and raising > Introduction of novel data for inclusion in theory construction > The very latest theoretical developments in control and raising > Provides a general overview of the general direction of current syntactic inquiry into the nature of these constructions
Raising and control have figured in every comprehensive model of syntax for forty years. Recent renewed attention to them makes this collection a timely one. The contributions, representing some of the most exciting recent work, address many fundamental research questions. What beside the canonical constructions might be subject to raising or control analyses? What constructions traditionally treated as raising or control might not actually be so? What classes of control must be recognized? How do tense, agreement, or clausal completeness figure in their distribution? The chapters address these and other relevant issues, and bring new empirical data into focus.