On the grammar of optative constructions /:

This monograph is one of the first theoretical studies of optatives. Optative constructions express desire without an overt lexical item that means 'desire'. The author specifically investigates optatives with the syntax of embedded clauses that contain prototypical particles such as '...

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1. Verfasser: Grosz, Patrick Georg
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012.
Schriftenreihe:Linguistik aktuell ; v. 193.
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Zusammenfassung:This monograph is one of the first theoretical studies of optatives. Optative constructions express desire without an overt lexical item that means 'desire'. The author specifically investigates optatives with the syntax of embedded clauses that contain prototypical particles such as 'only'. He rejects the view that optativity arises compositionally from the standard semantics of embedded clauses and prototypical particles. The following system is proposed: Desirability is due to a generalized scalar exclamation operator EX.
Beschreibung:5.3 Mood, exclamations and the connection to verb second.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (358 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027273451
9027273456
9789027255761
9027255768
1283539462
9781283539463
9786613851918
6613851914

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