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Author / Creator:Bennis, Hans.
Imprint:Dordrecht : Foris Publications, 1986.
Description:1 online resource (338 pages)
Language:English
Series:Linguistic models ; 9
Linguistic models ; 9.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185141
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ISBN:9783110889536
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-338).
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Summary: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. This view is supported by the fact that the a.
Other form:Print version: Bennis, Hans. Gaps and dummies. Dordrecht : Foris Publications, 1986 9067652458