Year: 1992
Type: article
Abstract: This paper shows that so-called circumstantial predicates have PRO as their subjects. More specifically, we point out that circumstantial predicates and PRO form a small clause (SC), arguing that three types of secondary predicates, namely circumstantial, depictive, and resultative predicates, are affiliated to different positions in VP. We claim, from a theoretical viewpoint, that the SC formed by a circumstantial predicate and PRO is adjoined to VP at D-Structure. Furthermore, we argue that the segment of VP which inherits barrierhood from the SC blocks wh-extraction of circumstantial predicates.
Source: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
DOI: 10.9793/elsj1984.9.1
Author: HIDEHITO HOSHI
Institution: University of Tsukuba
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2039477799