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An intervention account of the distribution of main clause phenomena: Evidence from ellipsis
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2012)
Based on an examination of some asymmetries between VP ellipsis and VP fronting, this paper argues for an intervention approach and against a truncation approach to the distribution of main clause phenomena in adverbial ...
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Don't Move!
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2012)
All versions of Transformational Grammar assume that movement is a central feature of the syntax of human languages. However, frameworks which make no use of movement processes have existed for thirty years, and there ...
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On the Lexical Integrity Hypothesis and its (In)accurate Predictions
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2012)
The Lexical Integrity Hypothesis (LIH) holds that lexical items are syntactic atoms, which implies that neither their segments nor their semantic components are accessible to syntax. LIH is, thus, a double-faced ...
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Determiners and relative clauses
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2012)
In the present paper, I consider first the behaviour of singular count nouns, showing that, in the limited set of contexts in which they are found, a specific kind of modification is in many cases necessary. The modification ...
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UG or not UG: Where is Recursion?
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2012)
The operation Merge, applying to two syntactic objects to produce a third and instantiating the property of recursion, has been a fundamental and largely uncontroversial feature in the development of the Minimalist Programme. ...
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A generalization concerning DP-internal ellipsis
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2012)
In this article I consider a particular generalization concerning ellipsis within the extended nominal projection: ellipsis can target a nominal modifier only if all constituents below it are also elided. Building on ...
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A spanning approach to the acquisition of double definiteness in Norwegian
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2012)
This study demonstrates how lexical spanning can be used to explain the various stages in the acquisition of double definiteness in Norwegian. The approach takes syntactic terminals to consist of submorphemic elements ...