영어 부정사 구문의 역사적 변천에 대한 연구 : to 부정사 구문의 확장을 중심으로

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This is an explanation for the development of the three infinitival constructions which were introduced into English roughly at the same time during the Middle English period, i.e., the so-called Accusitiv cum Infinitivo or exceptional case-marking construction, the for NP to V construction, and the passive infinitivals. There have been various accounts for the introduction of these constructions. The traditional accounts are syntactic borrowing from Latin and analogical extension. However, Fischer1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992a, 1992b, 1994 criticizes such accounts, saying that the introduction was due to grammar-internal factors, expecially to the word order change English underwent in this period. It is argued in this article that the loss of inflectional endings is a more important internal change than the word order change. The argument is that the reanalysis, by which new infinitival constructions appeared, was due to the loss of inflectional ending especially, dative ending of the sandwiched NP between the main verb and the infinitive. Furthermore, there is a general agreement that the word order change in English was itself due to the loss of inflectional endings. In this respect, the loss of the inflectional endings is a more basic and important factor for the changes of English Infinitival constructions.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

1. 머리말
2. 대격 부정사 구문
3. for NP to V구문
4. 수동 부정사 구문
5. 맺는 말
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