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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"matrix clause"”.
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Small Clauses in Swedish : Towards a Unified Account
… I offer a unified syntactic account of the small clauses involved in Swedish object-with-infinitive constructions (ECM), object predicative constructions and absolute constructions. In the present framework, this similarity is conceptually appealing and is also supported by empirical data. My …
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The Syntax of Relative Clauses and Related Phenomena in Proto-Indo-European
… thesis, I reconstruct the syntax of relative clauses in Proto-Indo-European (PIE). Syntactic reconstruction, particularly in the case of PIE, has presented a perennial challenge to Comparative Philologists. I demonstrate that Minimalist reconstruction provides a viable methodology through …
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The German reportative subjunctive: a relevance-theoretic analysis
… Secondly, it explains the fact that the matrix clause to which an instance of indirect speech needs to be understood to be subordinate does not always have to be explicitly stated. Thirdly, this procedural meaning accounts for the range of attitudes that a reporter may imply contextually …
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The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses
In this thesis I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matrix clause. I build up this claim by proposing that (i) Reichenbach’s relation of association can be expressed in terms of Binding Theory in the syntax, …
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The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses
In this thesis I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matrix clause. I build up this claim by proposing that (i) Reichenbach’s relation of association can be expressed in terms of Binding Theory in the syntax, …
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Syntactic variation in Afrikaans : an empirical study
… firstly, changes from XV to VX in subordinate clauses are explored by looking at the use of specific types of subordinate clauses, and the impact of matrix clause bridge verbs on complementizer omission and dependent/independent word order in the speech corpora. Secondly, the study examines the …
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Morphological Segmentation During Silent Reading
… placed between the homophone/control and the matrix clause verb, in the MP condition. This was interpreted as indicating ease of integration of the adverb with the verb phrase it modifies, via the affix information made available by morphological segmentation.</p>
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Comparative quantifiers
… the quantifier as well as with elements in the matrix clause. These interactions are unexpected unless comparative quantifiers are built in the syntax. Giving a fully compositional analysis is therefore not just conceptually appealing but also required to explain new empirical generalizations. …
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The structure of attitude reports : representing context in grammar
… particular, the recurring claim that there are clause peripheral elements that correspond to a kind of perspectival center is supported by novel evidence that this perspectival element can be overt in certain languages. This is shown using data from attitude reports in Tigrinya (Semitic, …
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Apples and Oranges: Indicative Independence versus Subjunctive Subordination
… Spanish to answer the question: how can a single matrix select for a complement in either indicative or subjunctive mood? Against the backdrop of the recent semantics-based analyses of modal anchoring (Farkas 1992) and shifting epistemic models (Quer 1998; Giannakidou 1997), this thesis …
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(Anti-)locality at the interfaces
… a subject-object asymmetry in the complement clause of think. Similarly, the contrast between (la) and (lc) suggests that the matrix predicate plays a part in the reduced acceptability of (la). The first part of this dissertation (chapter 2) concerns the syntax of epithets. I argue that …
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The syntax of comparative constructions : operators, ellipsis phenomena and functional left peripheries
… attention paid to the derivation of the subclause. The proposed account explains how the comparative subclause is connected to the matrix clause, how the subclause is formed in the syntax and what additional processes contribute to its final structure. In addition, it casts light upon these …
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Non-Argumental Clitics in Spanish and Galician: A Case Study of the Distribution of Solidarity and Ethical Clitics
… is conditioned by the subject and verb of the matrix clause. The SolCl is banned with “direct speech” verbs with first-person subjects but not in clauses with “non-direct speech” verbs. A syntactic approach to account for the distribution of the SolCl in these contexts might not explain it and …