{"product_id":"a-selectional-theory-of-adjunct-control-isbn-9780262542852","title":"A Selectional Theory of Adjunct Control","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel, systematic theory of adjunct control, explaining how and why adjuncts shift between obligatory and nonobligatory control.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eControl in adjuncts involves a complex interaction of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, which so far has resisted systematic analysis. In this book, Idan Landau offers the first comprehensive account of adjunct control. Extending the framework developed in his earlier book, \u003ci\u003eA Two-Tiered Theory of Control\u003c\/i\u003e, Landau analyzes ten different types of adjuncts and shows that they fall into two categories: those displaying strict obligatory control (OC) and those alternating between OC and nonobligatory control (NOC). He explains how and why adjuncts shift between OC and NOC, unifying their syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLandau shows that the split between the two types of adjuncts reflects a fundamental distinction in the semantic type of the adjunct: \u003ci\u003eproperty\u003c\/i\u003e (OC) or \u003ci\u003eproposition\u003c\/i\u003e (NOC), a distinction independently detectable by the adjunct's tolerance to a lexical subject. After presenting a fully compositional account of controlled adjuncts, Landau tests and confirms the specific configurational predictions for each type of adjunct. He describes the interplay between OC and NOC in terms of general principles of competition--both within the grammar and outside of it, in the pragmatics and in the processing module--shedding new light on classical puzzles in the acquisition of adjunct control by children. Along the way, he addresses a range of empirical phenomena, including implicit arguments, event control, logophoricity, and topicality.Series Foreword vii\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Capturing the Fundamental Cut: Predicative vs. Propositional Adjuncts 15\u003cbr\u003e3 OC vs. NOC 21\u003cbr\u003e4 Strict OC Adjuncts 31\u003cbr\u003e5 OC\/NOC Adjuncts 39\u003cbr\u003e6 A Compositional Analysis 53\u003cbr\u003e7 Hierarchical Consequences for VP-Targeting Tests 71\u003cbr\u003e8 A Strict NOC Adjunct? 85\u003cbr\u003e9 Summary: Meeting the Empirical Challenges 89\u003cbr\u003e10 Against Binary Configurational Alternatives 93\u003cbr\u003e11 Ever-Growing NOC 105\u003cbr\u003e12 Revisiting the Acquisition Data 135\u003cbr\u003e13 Deriving the Default Status of Predicative Control 159\u003cbr\u003e14 Broader Implications and Open Questions 173\u003cbr\u003e15 Conclusion 205\u003cbr\u003eNotes 209\u003cbr\u003eReferences 227\u003cbr\u003eIndex 245“An extremely valuable contribution to our current understanding of control into adjunct clauses in English, with clear implications for future cross-linguistic research in this area.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLisa A. Reed, Professor of French and Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This book is a welcome contribution to a topic that is important to theories of syntax and semantics but has received scant attention: adjunct control. And while the topic is specific, the scope and scholarship are broad. This will be a useful and impressive book.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAlexander Williams, Professor in the Departments of Linguistics and Philosophy, University of Maryland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This monograph provides us with a much-needed comprehensive overview of the complex phenomenon of control into adjunct clauses. Its contribution is therefore both invaluable and without competitors.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMarc Authier, Professor of French and Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University\u003c\/b\u003eIdan Landau is Professor of Linguistics at Ben Gurion University and the author of \u003ci\u003eA Two-Tiered Theory of Control\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press).","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301499457765,"sku":"NP9780262542852","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262542852.jpg?v=1767720774","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-selectional-theory-of-adjunct-control-isbn-9780262542852","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}