Beyond Coherence

1. Preface; 2. Introduction; 3. Part I. Reduced infinitive constructions; 4. Chapter 1: Coherence and restructuring; 5. 1.1 (Non)finite complementation and transparency; 6. 1.2 Coherence, non-coherence, and a "third" construction; 7. 1.3 A typology of (non-)restructuring; 8. Part II. The possessor dative construction; 9. Chapter 2: German possessor datives: Raised and affected; 10. 2.1 Introduction; 11. 2.2 Scope of the chapter; 12. 2.3 Possessor raising; 13. 2.4 Possessor datives in a framework of dynamic structure-building; 14. 2.5 Residual issues; 15. Chapter 3: Possessor raising as coherence diagnostic; 16. 3.1 Scrambling and long passive as diagnostics for infinitival clause size; 17. 3.2 Possessor datives: A more reliable probe; 18. 3.3 Possessor datives in the context of AcIs; 19. Part III. Coherence by phase; 20. Chapter 4: A phase-based binding account of (non-)complementarity in German; 21. 4.1 Introduction; 22. 4.2 Previous accounts; 23. 4.3 Binding domains and agentivity; 24. 4.4 Taking the analysis to the next phase; 25. Chapter 5: Binding, possessor datives, and phasehood; 26. 5.1 Parallels between binding and possessor datives as probes for transparency; 27. 5.2 The phase as the key to opacity effects; 28. Appendix A; 29. Appendix B; 30. Bibliography; 31. Name index; 32. Subject index