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The Raising of Predicates: Predicative Noun Phrases and the Theory of Clause Structure

The Raising of Predicates: Predicative Noun Phrases and the Theory of Clause Structure

Moro, Andrea
Anderson, S. R.
Andrea, Moro

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Book 80

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ISBN10: 0521562333
ISBN13: 9780521562331
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 9 1997
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.42
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.32
Language: English
One of the basic premises of the theory of syntax is that clause structures can be minimally identified as containing a verb phrase, playing the role of predicate, and a noun phrase, playing the role of subject. In this study Andrea Moro identifies a new category of copular sentences, namely inverse copular sentences, where the predicative noun phrase occupies the position that is canonically reserved for subjects. In the process, he sheds new light on such classical issues as the distribution and nature of expletives, locality theory and cliticization phenomena.

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