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Notes on Tough-Sentences in English
Notes on Tough-Sentences in English
Aki, Takamichi
Tough-adjective
Tough-Movement
domain of subject-predicate relation
The so-called Tough-adjective in English appears in at least two types of construction: one containing as its subject an expletive it semantically associated with a sentence-final infinitival clause and the other with a non-expletive subject interpreted as an object in an embedded infinitival clause. Based on the observations indicated below, we will show that the two constructions have distinct structural properties and the infinitival clauses of these constructions are in totally different positions. We will further suggest that the subject of the Tough-adjective occupies a θ-position and the infinitival clauses in these constructions are assigned a distinct θ-role. Thus, this paper argues strongly against the analysis that directly relates these two constructions syntactically.
新潟大学大学院現代社会文化研究科「言語の普遍性と個別性」プロジェクト
2010-03
eng
departmental bulletin paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10191/27090
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AA12464660
1884863X
言語の普遍性と個別性
言語の普遍性と個別性
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