Subjects, expletives, and the EPP

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Subjects, expletives, and the EPP

edited by Peter Svenonius

(Oxford studies in comparative syntax / Richard Kayne, general editor)

Oxford University Press, 2002

  • : pbk

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Papers presented at a workshop held June 1997, University of Tromsø

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

ISBN 9780195142242

Description

This collection of previously unpublished articles examines Noam Chomsky's "Extended Projection Principle" and its relationship to subjects and expletives (words like "it" that stand for other words). Re-examining Chomsky's preposition that each clause must have a subject, these articles represent the state of the debate, particularly with respect to the theory's universal applicability across languages. Presenting an international and highly respected group of contributors, this volume explores many of these questions in a variety of languages, including Italian, Finnish, Icelandic, and Hungarian.
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: pbk ISBN 9780195142259

Description

This collection of previously unpublished articles examines Noam Chomsky's Extended Projection Principle and its relationship to subjects and expletives (words like 'it' that stand for other words). Re-examining Chomsky's preposition 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, this volume explores many of these questions in a variety of languages, including, Italian, Finnish, Icelandic, and Hungarian. Unusually cohesive, it promises to be an excellent addition to the Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax series, and should be of interest to a considerable number of linguists of different persuasions.

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