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dc.contributor.authorBennis, Hans
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-31 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-10 14:46:32
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T15:34:50Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T15:34:50Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier340191
dc.identifierOCN: 732605494en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/35152
dc.description.abstractIn this study the syntactic properties of empty categories and dummy pronouns are investigated within the framework of Government-Binding theory. The assumption that clauses must have a subject is present in most, if not all, linguistic theories. In GB theory the requirement that clauses have a subject is stipulated as a consequence of the base rules or the Extended Projection Principle. In this book it is claimed that no such stipulation is necessary. The presence of a subject is exclusively determined by the theories of thematic roles and Case. This view is supported by the fact that the alleged dummy subjects Dutch, i.e. er and het, show a variety of properties, which can only be explained if they are not analyzed as dummy subjects. Further confirmation is derived from the fact that Dutch, subjectless sentences are found in precisely those circumstances in which neither -theory nor Case theory requires a subject to be present. Chapter 1 presents a theory of empty categories. This theory enables us to explain the distribution of gaps, and makes precise and correct predictions with respect to the occurrence of parasitic gaps. The non-dummy status of het, discussed in chapter 2, is supported by the fact that it can be the antecedent of PRO, reflexives, and parasitic gaps, and by an asymmetry in wh-movement from sentential complements. The analysis of het leads to a discussion of a variety of constructions, including constructions with raising, ergative, and psychological verbs. The adverbial pronoun er displays several distinct syntactic functions. In chapter 3 it is argued that none of these different functions justifies an analysis of er as a dummy subject. In chapter 4 some of the consequences of the theory introduced in the preceding chapters are investigated. These include a discussion of the status of the subject position in languages such as English, Italian, French, and Spanish, the structure of Old English, and the status of dummy pronouns in German and English.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmsterdam Academic Archive
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguisticsen_US
dc.subject.othergovernment binding theorie
dc.subject.othercase theory
dc.subject.otheronaccusatieve werkwoorden
dc.subject.othergovernment binding theory
dc.subject.otherdummy pronomina
dc.subject.otherempty categories
dc.subject.othergap conditie
dc.subject.othervoorzetsel stranding
dc.subject.otherhet
dc.subject.othersubjectless sentences
dc.subject.otherpsychological verbs
dc.subject.otherinversie
dc.subject.othersyntax
dc.subject.otherextended projection principle
dc.subject.otherdutch and flemish language
dc.subject.othergovernment
dc.subject.otherer
dc.subject.otherpreposition stranding
dc.subject.othersmall clauses
dc.subject.otherparasitic gaps
dc.subject.otherpsychologische werkwoorden
dc.subject.otherthematische rollen
dc.subject.othersubjectloze zinnen
dc.subject.otherthematic roles
dc.subject.otherinversion
dc.subject.otherconnectedness
dc.subject.otherdummy pronouns
dc.subject.otherexpletive pronouns
dc.subject.otherlege categorieen
dc.subject.othersyntaxis
dc.subject.otherr-pronouns
dc.subject.otherexpletieve pronomina
dc.subject.othergap condition
dc.subject.otherunaccusative verbs
dc.subject.otherparasitaire gaten
dc.subject.othernaamvalstheorie
dc.subject.otheruitgebreid projectie principe
dc.subject.otherr-pronomina
dc.subject.othernederlandse taal
dc.titleGaps and Dummies
dc.typebook
oapen.abstract.otherlanguageIn this study the syntactic properties of empty categories and dummy pronouns are investigated within the framework of Government-Binding theory. The assumption that clauses must have a subject is present in most, if not all, linguistic theories. In GB theory the requirement that clauses have a subject is stipulated as a consequence of the base rules or the Extended Projection Principle. In this book it is claimed that no such stipulation is necessary. The presence of a subject is exclusively determined by the theories of thematic roles and Case. This view is supported by the fact that the alleged dummy subjects Dutch, i.e. er and het, show a variety of properties, which can only be explained if they are not analyzed as dummy subjects. Further confirmation is derived from the fact that Dutch, subjectless sentences are found in precisely those circumstances in which neither -theory nor Case theory requires a subject to be present. Chapter 1 presents a theory of empty categories. This theory enables us to explain the distribution of gaps, and makes precise and correct predictions with respect to the occurrence of parasitic gaps. The non-dummy status of het, discussed in chapter 2, is supported by the fact that it can be the antecedent of PRO, reflexives, and parasitic gaps, and by an asymmetry in wh-movement from sentential complements. The analysis of het leads to a discussion of a variety of constructions, including constructions with raising, ergative, and psychological verbs. The adverbial pronoun er displays several distinct syntactic functions. In chapter 3 it is argued that none of these different functions justifies an analysis of er as a dummy subject. In chapter 4 some of the consequences of the theory introduced in the preceding chapters are investigated. These include a discussion of the status of the subject position in languages such as English, Italian, French, and Spanish, the structure of Old English, and the status of dummy pronouns in German and English.
oapen.identifier.doi10.5117/9789053568590
oapen.relation.isPublishedBydd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a
oapen.relation.isbn9789053568590
oapen.pages352
oapen.identifier.ocn732605494


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