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Subjects, expletives, and the EPP /

This collection of previously unpublished articles examines Noam Chomsky's Extended Projection Principle and its relationship to subjects and expletives (works like "it" that stand for other words). Re-examining Chomsky's proposition that each clause must have a subject, these ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Svenonius, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Colección:Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This collection of previously unpublished articles examines Noam Chomsky's Extended Projection Principle and its relationship to subjects and expletives (works like "it" that stand for other words). Re-examining Chomsky's proposition that each clause must have a subject, these articles represent the current state of the debate, particularly with respect to the theory's universal applicability across languages. Presenting an international and highly respected group of contributors, the volume explores these questions in a variety of languages, including Italian, Finnish, Icelandic, an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 245 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each section.
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