The Syntax of Hungarian

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 13
1.1 Genealogy, areal distribution......Page 15
1.2 A general overview of the syntactic and morphosyntactic features of Hungarian......Page 16
2.1 The topic function......Page 22
2.2 The formal features of the topic constituent......Page 23
2.3 The marking of the topic–predicate boundary......Page 25
2.4 The topic projection......Page 26
2.5 Apparent and real topicless sentences. The (in)definiteness effect......Page 28
2.6 Sentence adverbials and the topic–predicate articulation......Page 34
2.7 The contrastive topic......Page 36
2.8 Summary......Page 39
3.1 Argument order in the VP......Page 41
3.2 The referentiality effect......Page 43
3.3 The subject as an internal argument......Page 44
3.4.1 Evidence from disjoint reference......Page 47
3.4.2 Evidence from anaphora......Page 49
3.4.3 Evidence from Weak Crossover......Page 54
3.4.4 Weighing the evidence......Page 56
3.5.1 Modality, tense, mood......Page 57
3.5.2 Object agreement and subject agreement......Page 63
3.6.1 Its category and structural position......Page 69
3.6.2 The AspP projection......Page 76
3.6.3 The class of verb modifiers......Page 81
3.7 The nominal predicate......Page 85
3.8 Summary......Page 89
4.1 The focus function......Page 91
4.2.1 Deriving the focus–verb adjacency......Page 97
4.2.2 The FP projection......Page 100
4.3 Inherent foci......Page 103
4.4.1 The syntax of only......Page 107
4.4.2 The semantics of only......Page 109
4.5.1 Simple wh-questions......Page 112
4.5.2 Multiple questions......Page 113
4.6 Summary......Page 118
5.1 Distributive quantifiers at the head of the predicate......Page 119
5.2 The DistP projection......Page 124
5.3.1 Preverbal quantifiers......Page 127
5.3.2 Postverbal unstressed quantifiers......Page 129
5.3.3 Postverbal stressed quantifiers......Page 133
5.3.4 Quantifiers in topic position......Page 136
5.3.5 Noun phrase internal quantifiers......Page 138
5.4 Quantifiers or adverbial modifiers?......Page 140
5.5 Summary......Page 143
6.1 Two NegP projections......Page 144
6.2 The locus of negative pronouns licensed by nem......Page 150
6.3 The status of sem......Page 154
6.4 The universal and existential readings of negative pronouns......Page 156
6.5 Long distance negative polarity......Page 161
6.6 The negative existential verb......Page 162
6.7 Summary......Page 163
7.1 The basic syntactic layers of the noun phrase......Page 165
7.2 Evidence for the different noun phrase projections......Page 169
7.3.1 The facts......Page 171
7.3.2 Relating the caseless and the dative possessor......Page 174
7.3.3 Agreement and anti-agreement in the possessive construction......Page 184
7.3.4 The non-specific possessive construction......Page 186
7.4.1 The subject and object of the verbal stem in event noun phrases......Page 189
7.4.2 Oblique arguments and adjuncts......Page 191
7.5 Summary......Page 193
8.1 Restricting the category of postpositions......Page 195
8.2.1 Distribution......Page 198
8.2.2 Agreement and anti-agreement phenomena......Page 200
8.3 The structure of the postpositional phrase......Page 202
8.4 PPs as verb modifiers......Page 205
8.5 Case-marked pronouns or PPs?......Page 208
8.6 Summary......Page 211
9.2.1 Subject and object control verbs......Page 213
9.2.2 The inner structure of the infinitive phrase......Page 215
9.2.3 Long distance object agreement?......Page 217
9.3.2 The straight verbal complex......Page 219
9.3.3 The inverse verbal complex......Page 223
9.4.1 Their formal properties......Page 224
9.4.2 The distribution of the agreeing infinitive and the dative subject......Page 226
9.4.3 The source of the dative case......Page 232
9.5.1 Adjunct adverbial participle phrases......Page 235
9.5.2 Predicative adverbial participle phrases......Page 237
9.6 Adjectival participle phrases......Page 241
9.7 Summary......Page 243
10.2.1 The structure of clausal arguments......Page 244
10.2.2 The position of the subordinate clause in the matrix sentence......Page 250
10.2.3 Interrogative that-clauses......Page 253
10.2.4 Adjunct that-clauses......Page 256
10.3 Relative clauses......Page 257
10.4 Adverbial clauses......Page 262
10.5.1 The types of operators subject to long movement......Page 264
10.5.2 Constraints on long operator movement......Page 266
10.5.3 The procedure of long operator movement......Page 268
10.5.4 A base-generated construction......Page 272
10.6 Parasitic gaps......Page 274
10.7 Summary......Page 276
References......Page 279
Index......Page 289