Split intransitivity in Italian - Bentley, Delia (Mouton de Gruyter, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-450) and index
""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Split intransitivity: An introduction""; ""1.2 Split intransitivity in Italian""; ""1.3 The diagnostics""; ""1.4 Role and Reference Grammar""; ""2. Perfective operators""; ""2.1 The problem""; ""2.2 The markedness of the Privileged Syntactic Argument""; ""2.3 Avere or essere?""; ""2.4 Crossdialectal and crosslinguistic variation""; ""2.5 Complex predicates""; ""2.6 Conclusion""; ""3. Experiencer predicates""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Type-(i) experiencer predicates""; ""3.3 Type-(ii) experiencer predicates""
""3.4 Type-(iii) experiencer predicates""""3.5 Conclusion""; ""4. Si-constructions and unexpressed arguments""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Reflexives""; ""4.3 Impersonal si-constructions""; ""4.4 Unexpressed arguments""; ""4.5 Conclusion""; ""5. Agreement""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 The agreement of perfective and passive past participles""; ""5.3 Variability and change in perfective past-participle agreement""; ""5.4 Non-finite agreement in complex predicates""; ""5.5 Non-finite agreement in absolute participles""
""5.6 Non-finite agreement in constructions with adjectival and nominal predicates""""5.7 Finite agreement: Crossdialectal evidence""; ""5.8 Agreement in crossdialectal perspective""; ""5.9 Conclusion""; ""6. Ne-cliticization""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Canonical ne-cliticization""; ""6.3 Some putative exceptions""; ""6.4 Constructions with non-verbal predicates""; ""6.5 Ne-cliticization in si-constructions""; ""6.6 Other functions of ne""; ""6.7 Conclusion""; ""7. Past participles""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Attributive past participles: Restrictive and descriptive constructions""
""7.3 Predicative past participles: Passive and resultative constructions""""7.4 Passive and resultative venire â€?comeâ€? and andare â€?goâ€?""; ""7.5 Predicative past participles: Absolute constructions""; ""7.6 Compounds with ben(e) or mal(e) plus a participle""; ""7.7 Conclusion""; ""8. Word order""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Word order and split intransitivity""; ""8.3 The interaction of syntax with discourse""; ""8.4 Intransitive constructions with a postnuclear PSA""; ""8.5 Conclusion""; ""9. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""