ConSOLE 12 2004 • Patras University

Infinitival clauses as syntactic subjects in Hungarian

György Rákosi

Infinitival ClausesSyntactic SubjectsLFG Theory

Abstract

This paper outlines a novel LFG-theoretic analysis of modal/evaluative predicate+infinitive constructions in Hungarian in which the infinitival argument is argued to be the syntactic subject of the matrix clause. This claim is established as a result of a careful investigation of various embedding constructions sensitive to the subject function.

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György Rákosi (2004). infinitival clauses as syntactic subjects in hungarian. In Proceedings of ConSOLE 12, edited by Sylvia Blaho, Luis Vicente, Mark de Vos, (pp. 65-80).

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@inproceedings{Rákosi-ConSOLE12-2003, title={Infinitival clauses as syntactic subjects in Hungarian}, author={György Rákosi}, booktitle={Proceedings of ConSOLE 12}, year={2004}, pages={65-80}, editor={Sylvia Blaho and Luis Vicente and Mark de Vos} }

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