Icelandic Case-marked PRO and the licensing of lexical arguments
Författare
Summary, in English
On the basis of evidence from Icelandic I argue that PRO can be both governed and case-marked, but crucially not properly governed. Lexical arguments must be both case-marked and properly head governed, and proper head government is a strictly local relation whereas case-marking is not. As the subiect position of PRO clauses is not properly head governed, it must not be lexicalized, irrespective of whether it is case-marked or not.
Publiceringsår
1991
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
327-363
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory
Volym
9
Fulltext
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Languages and Literature
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0167-806X