Unaccusative Verbs in Romance Languages
| Author | : I. Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2006-03-21 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780230627550 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0230627552 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (552 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Unaccusative Verbs in Romance Languages by : I. Mackenzie
Download or read book Unaccusative Verbs in Romance Languages written by I. Mackenzie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-03-21 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author questions the status quo in Romance linguistics. The Ergative/Unaccusative syntactic approach has been accepted as the orthodox analytical paradigm. He re-examines both the theoretical imperative and the empirical evidence for that approach, drawing on a large amount of new and surprising data from Italian, Spanish, French and Catalan.