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Idan Landau

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Description:Experiencers--grammatical participants that undergo a certain psychological change orare in such a state--are grammatically special. As objects (John scared Mary; loud music annoys me),experiencers display two peculiar clusters of nonobject properties across different languages: theirsyntax is often typical of oblique arguments and their semantic scope is typical of subjects. In TheLocative Syntax of Experiencers, Idan Landau investigates this puzzling correlation and argues thatexperiencers are syntactically coded as (mental) locations. Drawing on results from a range oflanguages and theoretical frameworks, Landau examines the far-reaching repercussions of this simpleclaim. Landau shows that all experiencer objects are grammaticalized as locative phrases, introducedby a dative/locative preposition. "Bare" experiencer objects are in fact oblique, too, thepreposition being null. This preposition accounts for the oblique psych(ological) properties,attested in case alternations, cliticization, resumption, restrictions on passive formation, and soon. As locatives, object experiencers may undergo locative inversion, giving rise to the commonphenomenon of quirky experiencers. When covert, this inversion endows object experiencers with widescope, attested in control, binding, and wh-quantifier interactions. Landau's synthesis thusprovides a novel solution to some of the oldest puzzles in the generative study of psychologicalverbs. The Locative Syntax of Experiencers offers the most comprehensive description of the syntaxof psychological verbs to date, documenting their special properties in more than twenty languages.Its basic theoretical claim is readily translatable into alternative frameworks. Existing accountsof psychological verbs either consider very few languages or fail to incorporate other theoreticalframeworks; this study takes a broader perspective, informed by findings of four decades ofresearchWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Locative Syntax of Experiencers (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs Book 53). To get started finding The Locative Syntax of Experiencers (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs Book 53), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Experiencers--grammatical participants that undergo a certain psychological change orare in such a state--are grammatically special. As objects (John scared Mary; loud music annoys me),experiencers display two peculiar clusters of nonobject properties across different languages: theirsyntax is often typical of oblique arguments and their semantic scope is typical of subjects. In TheLocative Syntax of Experiencers, Idan Landau investigates this puzzling correlation and argues thatexperiencers are syntactically coded as (mental) locations. Drawing on results from a range oflanguages and theoretical frameworks, Landau examines the far-reaching repercussions of this simpleclaim. Landau shows that all experiencer objects are grammaticalized as locative phrases, introducedby a dative/locative preposition. "Bare" experiencer objects are in fact oblique, too, thepreposition being null. This preposition accounts for the oblique psych(ological) properties,attested in case alternations, cliticization, resumption, restrictions on passive formation, and soon. As locatives, object experiencers may undergo locative inversion, giving rise to the commonphenomenon of quirky experiencers. When covert, this inversion endows object experiencers with widescope, attested in control, binding, and wh-quantifier interactions. Landau's synthesis thusprovides a novel solution to some of the oldest puzzles in the generative study of psychologicalverbs. The Locative Syntax of Experiencers offers the most comprehensive description of the syntaxof psychological verbs to date, documenting their special properties in more than twenty languages.Its basic theoretical claim is readily translatable into alternative frameworks. Existing accountsof psychological verbs either consider very few languages or fail to incorporate other theoreticalframeworks; this study takes a broader perspective, informed by findings of four decades ofresearchWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Locative Syntax of Experiencers (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs Book 53). To get started finding The Locative Syntax of Experiencers (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs Book 53), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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