Hocus, Focus, and Verb Types in Hungarian Infinitive Constructions

Kálmán, László; Prószéky, Gábor; Nádasky, Ádam; Kalman, C. György

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“…(For the sake of clarity, I henceforth use the term embedding verbs instead of embedding predicates.) 9 Neutral sentences and their prosody, which fall beyond the scope of this paper, are described and discussed in Kálmán (1985a) and Kálmán et al (1986). 10 This low plateau has been claimed to be the result of stress reduction (e.g., Kenesei 1998a, 67-8) or stress eradication (e.g., Kálmán et al 1986).…”

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“…9 Neutral sentences and their prosody, which fall beyond the scope of this paper, are described and discussed in Kálmán (1985a) and Kálmán et al (1986). 10 This low plateau has been claimed to be the result of stress reduction (e.g., Kenesei 1998a, 67-8) or stress eradication (e.g., Kálmán et al 1986). 13 In this pitchtrack, the L tone on utterance-final be is produced with creaky voice (laryngealization), a feature common to many speakers in those regions which have very low fundamental frequency (Beckman-Ayers Elam 1997).…”

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Multiple-clause constituent questions: intonation and variation in Hungarian

Mycock¹

2010

Acta Linguistica Hungarica

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When a question phrase bears a grammatical function in a subordinate clause but the interrogativity it introduces extends over a higher clause, there are two main possibilities in Hungarian: (i) the question phrase appears preverbally in the clause over which it takes scope, or (ii) the question phrase appears in the subordinate clause while the scope of interrogativity is indicated by the presence of another question phrase in the higher clause (the scopemarking construction). In order to understand the features shared by these two types of question and the ways in which they differ, this article explores the intonation of these types of multiple-clause constituent questions in Hungarian. The results of experimental investigation are reported and discussed, and the significance of these findings is evaluated in the context of wider typological variation in the formation of multiple-clause constituent questions.

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Section: Cq Formation Strategy 1: (Multiple) Syntactic Focusingmentioning

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Multiple-clause constituent questions: intonation and variation in Hungarian

Mycock¹

2010

Acta Linguistica Hungarica

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“…Kiss 2003: 117). Kálmán et al (1986Kálmán et al ( , 1989) a segédige + igenév szerkezetet általános formális nézıpontból magyarázza. A szerzık szerint az igék a magyar igenévi szerkezetekben segédigékre és fıigékre oszthatók, szintaktikai kritériumok alapján: felhasznál-ják a semleges és a nem semleges mondatoknak, valamint a hókusz és a fókusz strukturális pozíciójának a jellemzıit.…”

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A verbális tanári instrukciók az osztálytermi diskurzusban II.

Molnár¹

2016

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“…Kiss 2002, 205-20;2004 in a generative framework). For Kálmán et al (1986), the key diagnostic property of auxiliaries is that they are unstressed in a structure with infinitives, in sentences with a flat prosody. Pelyvás (1998), accepting the results of Kálmán et al, analyses the grounding features of Hungarian modals, cf.…”

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The auxiliary + infinitive construction in Hungarian

Nagy¹

2010

Acta Linguistica Hungarica

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This paper gives a descriptive overview of the prototypical Hungarian auxiliary + infinitive construction, discussed in the framework of functional cognitive grammar worked out by Ronald Langacker and in the grammaticalization theory for auxiliaries by Bernd Heine. The degree of grammaticalization seems to have a greater role in the construction than suggested in the previous literature, while Langacker's theory (fit for English) needs some modification. In the construction discussed here, the auxiliary profiles a process, and (future) tense or modality. The infinitive accounts for most of the semantic content of the overall event structure. Both component structures contribute equally to the profile of the construction (the composite structure), in a complementary way, in contrast with a prototypical composite structure. I assume that the Hungarian auxiliary serves the function of imposing temporality on a nontemporal infinitive, and also that of the grounding predication, which marks a departure from Langacker's English model. The Hungarian grounding predication (the auxiliary) and its head (the infinitive) do not belong to the same grammatical class, only the auxiliary + infinitive composite structure construes a process temporally. Also, degrees of subjectification contribute to types of construal, yielding a dimension of variation that cannot be derived from the deontic/epistemic distinction. Just like the semantic functions of the auxiliaries, subjectification and grounding show gradual characteristics.

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Hocus, Focus, and Verb Types in Hungarian Infinitive Constructions

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Multiple-clause constituent questions: intonation and variation in Hungarian

Multiple-clause constituent questions: intonation and variation in Hungarian

A verbális tanári instrukciók az osztálytermi diskurzusban II.

The auxiliary + infinitive construction in Hungarian

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