Objects and Other Subjects Grammatical Functions, Functional Categor
The papers in this volume examine the current role of grammatical functions in transformational syntax in two ways: (i) through largely theoretical considerations of their status, and (ii) through detailed analyses for a wide variety of languages. Taken t
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Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory VOLUME 52
ManaRinR Editors Liliane Haegeman, University of Gene va Joan Maling, Brandeis University James McCloskey, University of California, Santa Cruz
Editorial Board Carol Georgopoulos, University of Utah Guglielmo Cinque, University of Venice Jane Grimshaw, Rutgers University Michael Kenstowicz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hilda Koopman, University of California, Los Angeles Howard Lasnik, University of Connecticut at Storrs Alec Marantz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology John J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Ian Roberts, University of Stuttgart
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
OBJECTS AND OTHER SUBJECTS Grammatical Functions, Functional Categories and Configurationality
edited by
WILLIAM D. DAVIES University of Iowa, Iowa City and
STANLEY DUBINSKY University of South Carolina, Columbia
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DEDICATION For David Perlmutter and Paul Postal While they might not agree with many of the answers in this volume, were it not for their groundbreaking work, many of the questions might never have been asked.
TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRlBUTORS . .
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FORWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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PART I: OVERVIEW I. WILLIAM D. DAVIES AND STANLEY DUBINSKY / Remarks on Grammatical Functions in Transformational Syntax . . . . . . . . . I 2. MARK C. BAKER / Phrase Structure as a Representation of "Primitive" Grammatical Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21. 3. FREDERICK J. NEWMEYER / Grammatical Functions, Thematic Roles, and Phrase Structure: Their Underlying Disunity . . ..
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4. ALEX ALSINA / Is Case Another Name for Grammatical Function? Evidence from Object" Asymmetries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77. . . PART II: OBJECTS 5. HOWARD LASNIK / Subjects, Objects, and the EPP . . . .
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6. LISA deMENA TRAVIS / Derived Objects in Malagasy . . . . . .. 123 PART III: SUBJECTS 7. JAMES McCLOSKEY / The Distribution of Subject Properties in Irish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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