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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785813003321

Autore

Bennis Hans

Titolo

Gaps and dummies  / / Hans Bennis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Foris Publications, , 1986

ISBN

3-11-088953-6

Edizione

[Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 pages)

Collana

Linguistic Models ; ; 9

Disciplina

410

435

Soggetti

Dutch language - Syntax

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Introduction -- 1. Gaps and Parasitic Gaps -- 2. Het as a referential expression -- 3. The adverbial pronoun er -- 4. Some related topics -- References

Sommario/riassunto

In this study the syntactic properties of empty categories and dummy pronouns are investigated within the framework of Government-Binding theory.  The assumption that clauses must have a subject is present in most, if not all, linguistic theories. In GB theory the requirement that clauses have a subject is stipulated as a consequence of the base rules or the Extended Projection Principle. In this book it is claimed that no such stipulation is necessary. The presence of a subject is exclusively determined by the theories of thematic roles and Case.