[كتاب][B] Principles of argument structure: A Merge-based approach

C Collins - 2024‏ - books.google.com
A new theory of argument structure, based on the syntactic operation Merge and presented
through an in-depth analysis of properties of the English passive construction. In Principles …

[HTML][HTML] Greek and English passives, and the role of by-phrases

N Angelopoulos, C Collins, A Terzi - Glossa: a journal of general …, 2020‏ - glossa-journal.org
This paper proposes an analysis in which passive by-phrases are merged as the arguments
of the active with the corresponding theta roles (Hasegawa 1988; D'Hulst 1992; Mahajan …

Latin verbal morphology and the diachronic development of its thematic and athematic constructions

A Calabrese - Probus, 2023‏ - degruyter.com
This paper investigates the verbal morphology of Latin in terms of the theoretical framework
of Distributed Morphology (DM). In addition to providing a synchronic analysis of the verbal …

[HTML][HTML] To v or not to v? Theme vowels, verbalizers, and the structure of the Ancient Greek verb

L Grestenberger - Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 2022‏ - glossa-journal.org
This paper offers a Distributed Morphology analysis of verbal theme vowels and primary
verbal stem-forming morphology in Ancient Greek (AG). While verbal stem-forming …

Cyclic selection: Auxiliaries are merged, not inserted

A Pietraszko - Linguistic Inquiry, 2023‏ - direct.mit.edu
Traditional approaches to verbal periphrasis (compound tenses) treat auxiliary verbs as
lexical items that enter syntactic derivation like any other lexical item, via Selection/Merge …

Split Tense Projection in Urdu: An Illusion

A Ali, NA Malik - Pakistan Journal of Language Studies, 2023‏ - pjls.gcuf.edu.pk
This study explores the cartography of Tense Projection (TP) in the Urdu/Hindi language
within the framework of feature sharing proposed by Pesetsky and Torrego (2007). To …

Head movement from non-complements: Evidence from Aleut

MK Snigaroff - Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 2024‏ - Springer
The nature of head movement has been debated since its discovery (see Dékány for
discussion). While it is generally agreed that head movement (the sort that results in the …

DERIVING LATIN ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE: LABELS AND PHASES

J Jakielaszek - Studia Linguistica, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Latin ablative absolute construction is usually considered a unitary phenomenon with
regard to its external syntax, being a clausal participial adjunct, mostly appearing in the left …

Nasal Presents in Latin between Root, Aspect and Actionality: A Nanosyntactic Account

D Bertocci - Exploring Latin: Structures, Functions, Meaning, 2024‏ - degruyter.com
Nasal presents look puzzling due to a number of morphological characteristics. Notably,-n
patterns in an unexpected fashion with respect to both (i) the thematic element-ā (sequences …

[كتاب][B] Pronominal Clitics in Tocharian: A Study in the Morphology-Syntax Interface

T Onishi - 2022‏ - search.proquest.com
This dissertation examines the pronominal clitics of Tocharian A and B and develops a
model that best accounts for their distribution. After reviewing the phonological …