Semantics and Syntax in Complementation
Peter Menzel · 1975
A work of this type clearly owes much to many people.If I were to list everyone who has contributed to my understanding of linguistics and philosophy in general, and of the problems I have tried to solve here in particular, the list would indeed be a long one.I am still indebted to Barbara Partee, who supervised my dissertation (on which the present work is based) with patience and understanding, as well as to Robert Stockwell, who always demands the best efforts from his students, and to my fellow researchers on the U.C.L.A. Syntax Project, through whom I gained a clearer understanding of the complexities of English syntax.I am grateful to a number of colleagues for listening to may ideas about the problems of complementation, and for asking questions about the topic which forced me to clarify my own thinking.Last but not least, I wish to thank my typist, Phyllis Svartig, for her steadfastness, and my family, for their patience while I completed this work.