Some modal verbs in enantiosemy syntax constructions in German

Coherent Constructions in German: Lexicon or Syntax?

This paper addresses the issue of embedded zu-infinitival clauses in German from the perspective of a formal grammatical framework, tree adjoining grammar (TAG) and related tree rewriting systems.1 Two radically different analyses have been proposed for this construction. According to the “syntactic” analysis, embedded infinitivals in German are analyzed essentially as in English, namely as cla...

Lexical Generalizations in the Syntax of German Non-Finite Constructions

Particle Verbs and Prefix Verbs in German: Linking Theory versus Word-syntax

ion over y and s yields (17) einlaufen: λy .λs.Ez (MOVE(y) & BECOME(LOC(y,INT[z])))(s) The existentially bound variable z represents the denotation of das Stadion in (18) die Athleten liefen in das Stadion ein the athletes ran into the stadium [ein] The theory is silent about how this identification comes about, but this might come out straightforwardly: ein saturates an argument position and t...

the verbal constructions in azari (harzani dialect)

most of the verbal constructions of harzani dialect have got inflectional affixes. the majority of the constructions are made up vy adding a specific verbal affix to the verbal stem (infinitive without infinitive marker). only a few number of them is formed by adding a verbal affix to the past participle of the verb. there are specific rules for the formation of different verbal types. there is...

Problems of equivalence in some German and English constructions

The time has come when well-organized and thoroughly worked out transfer grammars should be developed. Such a grammar should be composed of formal statements equating the construction-types of the input language with those of the output language and indicating the appropriate transformations which must be made to produce the target language constructions. In connection with the problem of struc...