Subjects, Expletives, and the EPP (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)

254 Pages·2002·13.132 MB·English

by  Peter Svenonius

Subjects, Expletives, and the EPP
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Subjects, Expletives,
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Subjects, expletives, and the EPP / edited by Peter Svenonius.
p. cm. — (Oxford studies in comparative syntax)
Papers presented at a workshop held June 1997, University of Troms0.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: The que/qui-alternation and the distribution of expletives / Knut Tarald Taraldsen
— Icelandic expletive constructions and the distribution of subject types / 0ystein Alexander Vangsnes —
Expletives, subjects, and topics in Finnish / Anders Holmberg and Urpo Nikanne—The EPP in a topic-prominent
language / Katalin E. Kiss — The extended projection principle as a condition on the tense dependency /
Ian Roberts and Anna Roussou — Parameters of subject inflection in Italian dialects / M. Rita Manzini
and Leonardo M. Savoia — Subject positions and the placement of adverbials / Peter Svenonius.
ISBN 0-19-514224-1; 0-19-514225-X (pbk.)
1. Grammar, Comparative and general—Syntax—Congresses. I. Svenonius, Peter. II. Series.
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Contents
Contributors vii
1. Introduction 3
PETER SVENONIUS
2. The Que/Qui Alternation and the Distribution of Expletives 29
KNUT TARALD TARALDSEN
3. Icelandic Expletive Constructions and the Distribution of Subject Types 43
0YSTEIN ALEXANDER VANGSNES
4. Expletives, Subjects, and Topics in Finnish 71
ANDERS HOLMBERG AND URPO NIKANNE
5. The EPP in a Topic-Prominent Language 107
KATALIN E. Kiss
6. The Extended Projection Principle as a Condition on the Tense Dependency 125
IAN ROBERTS AND ANNA Roussou
7. Parameters of Subject Inflection in Italian Dialects 157
M. RITA MANZINI AND LEONARDO M. SAVOIA
8. Subject Positions and the Placement of Adverbials 201
PETER SVENONIUS
Index 243
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Contributors
ANDERS HOLMBERG
University of Troms0
KATALIN E. Kiss
Linguistic Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
RITA M. MANZINI
University of Florence
URPO NIKANNE
University of Oslo
IAN ROBERTS
University of Stuttgart
(currently at University of Cambridge)
ANNA Roussou
University of Bangor
(currently at University of Cyprus)
LEONARDO M. SAVOIA
University of Florence
PETER SVENONIUS
University of Troms0
KNUT TARALD TARALDSEN
University of Troms0
0YSTEIN ALEXANDER VANGSNES
University of Bergen
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