This collection of recent essays (arranged in order of composition) has running strongly
through it both comparative syntax, which uses differences between languages as a new …

In this work, Ken Safir develops a comprehensive theory on the role of anaphora in syntax.
First, he contends that the complementary distribution of forms that support the anaphoric …

In this paper, I wish to discuss two syntactic properties that oppose finite verb forms to non-
finite ones. The first property is the ability of finite forms to license a referentially independent …

Verbs can be introduced (merged) in either a lexical VP or a functional head, the latter
position giving rise to restructuring contexts. We argue that there are two clitic positions in …

This paper compares two different ways that natural languages have to deal with personal
arguments. In “animacy-based” systems (exemplified here by Plains Cree) the transitive verb …

In this groundbreaking monograph, Anna Maria Di Sciullo proposes that asymmetry—the
irreversibility of a pair of elements in an ordered set—is a hard-wired property of …

Comparisons and Contrasts collects eleven of Richard Kayne's recent articles in theoretical
syntax, with an emphasis on comparative syntax, which uses syntactic differences among …

This thesis investigates the nature of determiners (mostly) in Germanic, with an emphasis on
Swiss German. It is argued that determiners (other than the articles) are internally complex …

This article assesses the relation between formal gender and grammatical number. It is
claimed that both gender and number are the exponents of interpretable features in …

This study explores the ways in which the semantics of personal middle construc tions is
encoded across languages. In Dutch, German and English, middles are syntactically …