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Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects
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Abstract
Most Romance languages permit the overt realization of the grammatical subject in infinitive clauses in a considerable number of configurations. Mensching has the following goals: to describe systematically Romance infinitive constructions with specified subjects, taking into account diachronic and dialectical varieties; and then to interpret these facts within a generative framework, examining how overt subjects in infinitive clauses are licensed and what determines their case and position. His findings call for a thorough revision of the principles that have been assumed for analysing the Romance languages. Mensching uses eight Romance languages in his comparisons, among them Italian, Sardinian, Romanian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Title: Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects
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Abstract
Most Romance languages permit the overt realization of the grammatical subject in infinitive clauses in a considerable number of configurations.
Mensching has the following goals: to describe systematically Romance infinitive constructions with specified subjects, taking into account diachronic and dialectical varieties; and then to interpret these facts within a generative framework, examining how overt subjects in infinitive clauses are licensed and what determines their case and position.
His findings call for a thorough revision of the principles that have been assumed for analysing the Romance languages.
Mensching uses eight Romance languages in his comparisons, among them Italian, Sardinian, Romanian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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One of the basic characteristics of infinitive constructions, according to standard assumptions, is the fact that they lack an overt subject. This property ...