Parameters in Old French Syntax

1: Introduction.- 1.1. Aims and Assumptions.- 1.2. Infinitival Complements in Old French.- 1.3. Government-Binding Theory.- 1.4. Old French.- 1.4.1. The Language.- 1.4.2. Data Base.- 1.5. Outline.- Notes.- 2: Romance Infinitival Complements.- 2.0. Introduction.- 2.1. Comparable Characteristics of Infinitivals in Old French, Modern Italian and Modern Spanish.- 2.1.1. Pronoun Cliticization.- 2.1.2. Negation of the Infinitival Phrase.- 2.1.3. Object Preposing.- 2.1.4. Auxiliary Switch.- 2.1.5. Summary.- 2.2. "Reduced Clause" Analyses.- 2.2.1. Transformational Analyses.- 2.2.2. Government-Binding Analyses.- 2.2.2.0. Three Approaches.- 2.2.2.1. Structural Modification.- 2.2.2.2. Base Generation.- 2.2.2.3. Paired Structures.- Notes.- 3: The Romance Causative.- 3.0. Introduction.- 3.1. Fare S versus Fare VP.- 3.2. The Extension of Fare VP.- 3.2.0. Introduction.- 3.2.1. The Internal Structure of the VP.- 3.2.2. VP Structure and ?-role Assignment.- 3.2.3. Properties of Causative VP Complexes.- 3.3. Against an Objection to Fare [+V].- 3.4. Summary and Implications.- Notes.- 4: Non-Causative Pro-MV-Inf Constructions.- 4.0 Introduction.- 4.1. [+V] Complements in Pro-MV-Inf Constructions.- 4.2. Case Assignment and ?-roles.- 4.3. Burzio's S Complement Account.- 4.4. ?-roles and Pro-MV-Inf Constructions.- 4.5. The Assignment of Essere.- 4.6. Constructions with Ne.- 4.7. Some Diachronic Implications.- 4.8. Summary.- Notes.- 5: Causatives in Old French.- 5.0. Introduction.- 5.1. Romance Causatives.- 5.2. The Causative Construction in Old French.- 5.3. Analysis of Old French Data.- 5.3.1. Case Marking.- 5.3.2. Case Marking and Noun/Pronoun Effects.- 5.3.3. Patterns of Verb Class Membership.- 5.4. Syntactic Properties of Causative Type Complements in Old French.- 5.4.1. Case Assignment.- 5.4.2. Pronouns and Dative Case.- 5.4.3. Verb Classes.- 5.5. Case Assignment and Impersonal Verbs.- 5.6. The Causative Faire.- 5.6.0. Causative Characteristics.- 5.6.1. Reflexives in the Causative Construction.- 5.6.2. Subsequent Evolution.- 5.6.3. The Structure of [+V] Causative Complements in Old French.- 5.7. Summary.- Notes.- 6: Non-Causative Infinitival Complements in Old French.- 6.0. Introduction.- 6.1. Infinitival Complements in Old French.- 6.1.1. Two Classes of Infinitival Complements.- 6.1.2. Structural Characteristics.- 6.2. Pronouns as Indicators of Structure.- 6.2.1. Pronoun Morphology.- 6.2.2. Pronoun Placement Patterns and Structure.- 6.3. Ordering of Weak Pronouns.- 6.3.1. Enclisis Versus Proclisis.- 6.3.2. Changes in Clitic Attachment.- 6.3.3. The Development of Pre-VInf Cliticization.- 6.4. INFL, Verb Raising and Clitic Movement.- 6.4.1. L-Marking and Clitic Movement.- 6.4.2. Verb Raising and Proclitic Attachment.- 6.5. Summary.- Notes.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- References.- (a) Texts.- (b) Studies.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.