The purpose of this chapter is to provide a unified account of two seemingly unrelated phenomena:... more The purpose of this chapter is to provide a unified account of two seemingly unrelated phenomena: what we call the'subject requirement,'which corresponds to the Extended Projection Principle (EPP) of Chomsky 1982, 1995, and the'V2 requirement.'We argue that ...
This paper presents an approach to the well-known diachronic phenomenon of grammaticalization in ... more This paper presents an approach to the well-known diachronic phenomenon of grammaticalization in terms of a modified version of Chomsky's (1995: chapter 4) minimalist approach to syntax, combined with the general approach to language change outlined in Clark and Roberts ( ...
In pursuing (1), we elaborate the approach to passives originated in Jaeggli (1986), and our theo... more In pursuing (1), we elaborate the approach to passives originated in Jaeggli (1986), and our theory owes much to Jaeggli's original insights. We will try to show that the "passive construction" reduces to (1), with the various (and cross-linguistically varied) properties of ...
Parameters and functional heads: Essays in …, Jan 1, 1996
Complex Inversion in French Luigi Rizzi and Ian Roberts 1 Introduction In this paper1 we would li... more Complex Inversion in French Luigi Rizzi and Ian Roberts 1 Introduction In this paper1 we would like to show that some recent theoretical innovations permit a principled account of complex inversion, a French construction which is in the agenda of theoretical and Romance ...
Page 1. CAMBRI DGE STU DIES IN LINGUISTICS 100 Syntactic Change A Minimalist Approach to Grammati... more Page 1. CAMBRI DGE STU DIES IN LINGUISTICS 100 Syntactic Change A Minimalist Approach to Grammaticalization IAN ROBERTS AND ANNA ROUSSOU Page 2. Page 3. ... ANNA ROUSSOU is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philology, University of Patras, Greece. ...
... Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory VOLUME 28 Managing Editors Joan Maling, Bra... more ... Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory VOLUME 28 Managing Editors Joan Maling, Brandeis University James McCloskey, University of California, Santa Cruz Ian Roberts, University of Wales, Bangor Editorial Board Guglielmo Cinque, University of Venice Jane ...
Darwin's (1859) theory of natural selection had an important influence on the Neogram- maria... more Darwin's (1859) theory of natural selection had an important influence on the Neogram- marians. Like Darwin, they believed that diachronic change was the result of selective pressures on organisms from the environment operating on random variation within a population ...
Abaglo, P. and D. Archangeli (1989) "Language-Particular Un-ders... more Abaglo, P. and D. Archangeli (1989) "Language-Particular Un-derspecification: Gengbe /eI and Yoruba /i/," Linguistic Inquiry 20, 457-480. Archangeli, D. (1988) "Aspects of Underspecification The-ory," Phonology 5, 183-207. Clements, GN (1985) "The Geometry of Phonological ...
Functional structure in DP and IP: The …, Jan 1, 2002
attested in various languages, and in so doing to motivate a more elaborated theory of Nominative... more attested in various languages, and in so doing to motivate a more elaborated theory of Nominative Case assignment. The proposal is that many languages, including a number of Germanic and Romance languages, have a projection which intervenes between Comp and the highest Infl-type projection (which, following , we take to be AgrP).
This article presents a novel account of the well-known restructuring phenomenon of the Romance l... more This article presents a novel account of the well-known restructuring phenomenon of the Romance languages, concentrating on Italian. I argue that it is possible to retain the benefits of an incorporation analy-sis while avoiding the associated difficulties by positing that infinitives in fact ...
This paper presents an approach to the well-known diachronic phenomenon of grammaticalization in ... more This paper presents an approach to the well-known diachronic phenomenon of grammaticalization in terms of a modified version of Chomsky's (1995: chapter 4) minimalist approach to syntax, combined with the general approach to language change outlined in Clark and Roberts ( ...
It quickly becomes apparent to anyone working in diachronic syntax that certain types of grammati... more It quickly becomes apparent to anyone working in diachronic syntax that certain types of grammatical change are more common than others. This was already noticed in Sapir (1921). One of the commonest types of change has come to be known äs "grammaticalization". Grammati-calization is ...
Knowledge and Language Vol. 2: Lexical …, Jan 1, 1993
TEUN HOEKSTRA AND IAN ROBERTS MIDDLE CONSTRUCTIONS IN DUTCH AND ENGLISH 0. INTRODUCTION Given a p... more TEUN HOEKSTRA AND IAN ROBERTS MIDDLE CONSTRUCTIONS IN DUTCH AND ENGLISH 0. INTRODUCTION Given a predicate with a certain argument structure, represented in the form of a thematic grid, how may this argument structure be projected into the syntax? The null ...
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a unified account of two seemingly unrelated phenomena:... more The purpose of this chapter is to provide a unified account of two seemingly unrelated phenomena: what we call the'subject requirement,'which corresponds to the Extended Projection Principle (EPP) of Chomsky 1982, 1995, and the'V2 requirement.'We argue that ...
This paper presents an approach to the well-known diachronic phenomenon of grammaticalization in ... more This paper presents an approach to the well-known diachronic phenomenon of grammaticalization in terms of a modified version of Chomsky's (1995: chapter 4) minimalist approach to syntax, combined with the general approach to language change outlined in Clark and Roberts ( ...
In pursuing (1), we elaborate the approach to passives originated in Jaeggli (1986), and our theo... more In pursuing (1), we elaborate the approach to passives originated in Jaeggli (1986), and our theory owes much to Jaeggli's original insights. We will try to show that the "passive construction" reduces to (1), with the various (and cross-linguistically varied) properties of ...
Parameters and functional heads: Essays in …, Jan 1, 1996
Complex Inversion in French Luigi Rizzi and Ian Roberts 1 Introduction In this paper1 we would li... more Complex Inversion in French Luigi Rizzi and Ian Roberts 1 Introduction In this paper1 we would like to show that some recent theoretical innovations permit a principled account of complex inversion, a French construction which is in the agenda of theoretical and Romance ...
Page 1. CAMBRI DGE STU DIES IN LINGUISTICS 100 Syntactic Change A Minimalist Approach to Grammati... more Page 1. CAMBRI DGE STU DIES IN LINGUISTICS 100 Syntactic Change A Minimalist Approach to Grammaticalization IAN ROBERTS AND ANNA ROUSSOU Page 2. Page 3. ... ANNA ROUSSOU is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philology, University of Patras, Greece. ...
... Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory VOLUME 28 Managing Editors Joan Maling, Bra... more ... Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory VOLUME 28 Managing Editors Joan Maling, Brandeis University James McCloskey, University of California, Santa Cruz Ian Roberts, University of Wales, Bangor Editorial Board Guglielmo Cinque, University of Venice Jane ...
Darwin's (1859) theory of natural selection had an important influence on the Neogram- maria... more Darwin's (1859) theory of natural selection had an important influence on the Neogram- marians. Like Darwin, they believed that diachronic change was the result of selective pressures on organisms from the environment operating on random variation within a population ...
Abaglo, P. and D. Archangeli (1989) "Language-Particular Un-ders... more Abaglo, P. and D. Archangeli (1989) "Language-Particular Un-derspecification: Gengbe /eI and Yoruba /i/," Linguistic Inquiry 20, 457-480. Archangeli, D. (1988) "Aspects of Underspecification The-ory," Phonology 5, 183-207. Clements, GN (1985) "The Geometry of Phonological ...
Functional structure in DP and IP: The …, Jan 1, 2002
attested in various languages, and in so doing to motivate a more elaborated theory of Nominative... more attested in various languages, and in so doing to motivate a more elaborated theory of Nominative Case assignment. The proposal is that many languages, including a number of Germanic and Romance languages, have a projection which intervenes between Comp and the highest Infl-type projection (which, following , we take to be AgrP).
This article presents a novel account of the well-known restructuring phenomenon of the Romance l... more This article presents a novel account of the well-known restructuring phenomenon of the Romance languages, concentrating on Italian. I argue that it is possible to retain the benefits of an incorporation analy-sis while avoiding the associated difficulties by positing that infinitives in fact ...
This paper presents an approach to the well-known diachronic phenomenon of grammaticalization in ... more This paper presents an approach to the well-known diachronic phenomenon of grammaticalization in terms of a modified version of Chomsky's (1995: chapter 4) minimalist approach to syntax, combined with the general approach to language change outlined in Clark and Roberts ( ...
It quickly becomes apparent to anyone working in diachronic syntax that certain types of grammati... more It quickly becomes apparent to anyone working in diachronic syntax that certain types of grammatical change are more common than others. This was already noticed in Sapir (1921). One of the commonest types of change has come to be known äs "grammaticalization". Grammati-calization is ...
Knowledge and Language Vol. 2: Lexical …, Jan 1, 1993
TEUN HOEKSTRA AND IAN ROBERTS MIDDLE CONSTRUCTIONS IN DUTCH AND ENGLISH 0. INTRODUCTION Given a p... more TEUN HOEKSTRA AND IAN ROBERTS MIDDLE CONSTRUCTIONS IN DUTCH AND ENGLISH 0. INTRODUCTION Given a predicate with a certain argument structure, represented in the form of a thematic grid, how may this argument structure be projected into the syntax? The null ...
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