On Bare Infinitives in English

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
On Bare Infinitives in English
Original language description
the study demonstrates the distribution of English bare infinitives categorized with respect to the selecting main verb. With respect to more detailed and cross linguistic analysis of the variety of infinitival constructions in Wurmbrandt (2001), the English bare infinitives are defined as an example of bare v/VP structure. The second part of the study, based on the contrast between two kinds of English passives as in Emonds (2013), demonstrates that the verbal passive (contrary to adjectival passives) represents another kind of English bare v/VP structure. The comparison of the two kinds of English bare v/VP structures leads to a proposal about the structural source of the infinitival particle to. The study argues that to is a morphological signal of Object Rising, which is described as raising from the base generated Theta-marked position of Agent in SPEC(v) of the infinitive to the position of the structural object of the matrix verb in SPEC(V). The bare infinitive then signals a lack of this movement, which is an economically preferred variety accepted whenever possible, i. e. with late-inserted grammatical verbs in active voice.
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
From Theory to Practice 2015: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Anglophone Studies, September 3–4, 2015 Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic.
ISBN
978-80-7454-633-4
ISSN
1805-9899
e-ISSN
neuvedeno
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
133-145
Publisher name
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
Place of publication
Zlín
Event location
Zlín
Event date
Sep 3, 2015
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000409395300014

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