Existential constructions: In search of a definition

L Sarda, L Lena - Existential Constructions across Languages, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
19. 2020 La prédication existentielle et les constructions transpossessives. In T. Bottineau
(Ed.), La prédication existentielle dans les langues naturelles: valeurs et repérages …

Free inversion in Old High German and Cimbrian: On the status of tho/da as CP-expletives and their connection with pro-drop

F Cognola - Journal of Historical Syntax, 2023 - historicalsyntax.org
In this paper I compare Old High German and the Germanic dialect Cimbrian, two languages
which share the availability of free inversion in co-occurrence with an expletive-like element …

[图书][B] Non-canonical subjects and subject positions: locative inversion, V2-violations, and feature inheritance

BPL Sluckin - 2021 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation approaches the syntax of structures involving non-canonical subjects and
non-canonical subject positions. In particular, I investigate two phenomena: Locative …

[PDF][PDF] Everywhere here can say this': The English locative impersonal

BL Sluckin, I Kastner - Manuscript. http://ling. auf. net/lingbuzz …, 2022 - researchgate.net
For many speakers of English, locative everywhere can be used instead of the universal
pronoun everyone in certain contexts, to denote a generic or impersonal set of individuals …

Criterial V2: ModP as a locus of microvariation in Swiss Romansh varieties

G Samo - Probus, 2022 - degruyter.com
In this article, we explore how cartographic maps interact with a concept of parameters in
terms of syntactic operations triggered by morphosyntactic features in the spirit of Rizzi …

What is “residual verb second”? And what does Romance have to do with it?

S Cruschina, C Sailor - Isogloss. Open Journal of Romance …, 2022 - revistes.uab.cat
This paper aims to clarify a point of persistent confusion in the literature: namely, the status
of residual verb second. We approach this from both a terminological and typological …

Non-canonical subjects and subject positions

B Lowell Sluckin - 2021 - edoc.hu-berlin.de
This dissertation addresses syntactic structures involving non-canonical subjects and non-
canonical subject positions, investigating two phenomena: Locative Inversion (LI) in English …

Parametric variation in Romance synchronic V2 through the lens of French

K Lahousse - Isogloss, 2022 - lirias.kuleuven.be
In this article I provide an analysis of XVS order in (Modern) standard French, and reconcile
it with comparative analyses of XVS in (Modern) Romance by taking into account recent …

[PDF][PDF] The covert perceiver in English Locative Inversion

BL Sluckin - researchgate.net
Locative Inversion (LI) in English is a broad-focus inversion structure in which a spatiodeictic
XP seemingly occupies the canonical subject position. An analysis of LI must explain EPP …

[PDF][PDF] MOVED TO MODP OR BASE-GENERATED IN FRAMEP? A QUANTITATIVE CARTOGRAPHIC STUDY IN ROMANCE

G Samo - REVUE ROUMAINE DE LINGUISTIQUE-ROMANIAN …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Non-arguments and adverbs are plausible candidates for filling the initial slot of sentences
cross-linguistically. Following standard assumptions on the computational operations in …