1st Edition
Clauses Without 'That' The Case for Bare Sentential Complementation in English
By Cathal Doherty
Copyright 2000
158 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
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Routledge
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This Study investigates the syntax of complement and relative clauses in English which lack overt complementizers (clauses without that ). The central analytical claim is that these clauses differ in phrase structure from their synonymous counterparts with overt complementizers. In particular, novel evidence from adjunction facts is used to demonstrate that clauses without that are more... Read more
Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The Category of That-less clauses; 1. Clause Structure; 2. A Question; 3. Outline of the Work; Notes; Chapter 2: Argument Clauses; 1. Introduction; 2. Arguments for the IP-Hypothesis; 3. The ECP Account of the Distribution of That-Less Clauses; 4. Explaining the Distribution of IP; 5. Chapter Summary; 6. Appendix: Lexical Restrictions; Notes; Chapter 3: Relative Clauses; 1. Introduction; 2. The Structure of Contact Clauses; 3. Subject Contact Clauses; .4. Explaining the Distribution of Subject Contact Clauses; 5. Chapter Summary; Notes; Chapter 4: Extraction Theory; 1. Introduction; 2. The That-Trace Effect; 3. Previous Accounts; 4. Implications for Head-Government; 5. Chapter Summary; Notes; Chapter 5: Concluding Remarks; 1. Introduction; 2. Distribution of Non-Root IP; 3. Extension to Bare Infinitives; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Cathal Doherty
