In:The Substance and Value of Italian Si
Joseph Davis
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 74] 2017
► pp. 89–109
Chapter 5Scale of Degree of Control
The view from the bottom
Published online: 8 September 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/sfsl.74.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/sfsl.74.c5
Article outline
- A.Subversion of the Focus-Control interlock: Si for Focus on low-controllers
- B.That passive and impersonal are not categories of Italian grammar
- C.That intransitive is not a category of Italian grammar
- D.Absence of si with Focus on mid-controllers (no passivization of datives)
- E. Si vs. the participle
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