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This paper attempts to account for synchronic and diachronic aspects of the syntactic status of the to-infinitive particle in English. From the perspective of grammaticalization, the to-infinitive particle is discussed to be an inseparable affix in the inflected infinitive PP which changes into a head of TP by P-to-T movement after the inflectional reduction. I show that the to-infinitive particle exhibits tense/modal/aspectual distinctions. The proved paths of grammaticalization from the lexical/semantic features to the functional/formal features, and from the concrete features to the abstract features are in support of the current syntactic structure of the split TP {MP-TP-AspP} where MP is selected by C, TP by M and AspP by T.
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. The Syntactic Status of English to-Infinitive Particle
2.1 Recategorization of the to-Infinitive Particle
2.2 Grammaticalization: From Preposition to Tense
2.3 The to-Infinitive Is Not Tenseless: to[+TNS]
2.4 C[+TNS]-T[+TNS] vs C[-TNS]-T[+TNS]
2.5 OE: PAffix ⇒ PDE: Tparticle
3. Diachronic Change and Syntactic Variation
3.1 Future Time: Will vs Be going to
3.2 Pto Coordination vs Tto Coordination
3.3. The Syntactic/Semantic Existence of Covert/Null to (= to)
3.4 The Rise of the Split Infinitive
4. Grammaticalization and the Split TP
5. Conclusion
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1. Introduction
2. The Syntactic Status of English to-Infinitive Particle
2.1 Recategorization of the to-Infinitive Particle
2.2 Grammaticalization: From Preposition to Tense
2.3 The to-Infinitive Is Not Tenseless: to[+TNS]
2.4 C[+TNS]-T[+TNS] vs C[-TNS]-T[+TNS]
2.5 OE: PAffix ⇒ PDE: Tparticle
3. Diachronic Change and Syntactic Variation
3.1 Future Time: Will vs Be going to
3.2 Pto Coordination vs Tto Coordination
3.3. The Syntactic/Semantic Existence of Covert/Null to (= to)
3.4 The Rise of the Split Infinitive
4. Grammaticalization and the Split TP
5. Conclusion
References
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