On the opacity of clausal constituents

• Walter Petrovitz ^[1]
  1. [1] St. John's University, Jamaica
• Localización: Word: Journal of the International Linguistic Association, ISSN-e 2373-5112, ISSN 0043-7956, Vol. 48, Nº 2, 1997, págs. 237-248
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Clausal constituents of sentences present analytical difficulties in terms of both their distribution and their ability to determine syntactic relationships. This study proposes a typology of these constituents based on their differing syntactic and semantic properties and corresponding distinctions involving question formation. Contrary to the claims of government-binding theory, the analysis presented here argues that the data can ultimately be accounted for by an appeal to the semantic rather than simply the syntactic properties of these constituents.