Theta-government, thematic government and extraction asymmetries in zero derivation:

Abstract: "Previous research in the area of complex verb has focussed on causatives, incorporation and idiom formation. The present paper extends the discussion on derived verbs of the type enthrone NP, bottle NP and broaden NP, where the suffixal head is a functional verbal Root = V p0 s, and...

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Main Author: Walinska de Hackbeil, Hanna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam 1989
Series:Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica <Amsterdam> / Department of Computer Science: Report CS 89,18
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Summary:Abstract: "Previous research in the area of complex verb has focussed on causatives, incorporation and idiom formation. The present paper extends the discussion on derived verbs of the type enthrone NP, bottle NP and broaden NP, where the suffixal head is a functional verbal Root = V p0 s, and V projection is formed by Zero Derivation (ZD) conceived as head movement ([alpha] = N p0 s, A p0 s, V p0 s, P p0 s) which applies at Root-structure and derives D-structure. ZD affects only -- but not all -- arguments. The asymmetry is explained by restricting the notion thematic role as opposed to [Theta]-role
It is proposed that ZD and other rules of the Root Component follow a Thematic ECP, which applies at D-structure, whereby non-pronominal empty categories must be thematically governed. This properly excludes subjects of broadly defined -- small clause -- type structures, which -- we claim -- are universally non-incorporable.
Physical Description:30 S.

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