[图书][B] Argument intervention in the acquisition of A-movement

RM Orfitelli - 2012 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation investigates the acquisition of subject-to-subject raising (StSR) in English.
The goal is twofold: to determine whether StSR predicates that permit experiencers (1) are …

[图书][B] Giving reflexivity a voice: Twin reflexives in English

BT Ahn - 2015 - search.proquest.com
Across languages, there is variability in the surface realization of reflexivity, according to
various sets of properties. For example, there are languages (eg Greek, Lakhota) that seem …

[PDF][PDF] Non-canonical lassen-middles

M Pitteroff - 2014 - academia.edu
The goal of this chapter is two-fold. First, I show that a discussion of lassen-middles (LMs
henceforth) within the domain of (dispositional) middle constructions is legitimate. In other …

[图书][B] Passives and the loss of verb second: A study of syntactic and information-structural factors

GA Dreschler - 2015 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
During the fourteenth and fifteenth century, the English language went through two quite
remarkable changes: it lost the verb-second (V2) system that is characteristic of many …

[PDF][PDF] Explorations of voice, identity and the self

B Ahn - Parallel Domains: A workshop in honor of Jean-Roger …, 2011 - byronahn.com
∗ I would like to thank everyone who has given me their time in helping me work through
this problem, especially my advisors, Dominique Sportiche and Sun-Ah Jun, as well as Elsi …

[PDF][PDF] The voices in our heads

C Sailor, B Ahn - Talk given at Morphological Voice and its …, 2010 - byronahn.com
3We recognize that precisely what can be defined as “grammatical voice” is somewhat of an
open issue. It almost certainly includes active, middle and passive; but does it also include …

External argument focus and the syntax of reflexivity

B Ahn - 2012 - repository.arizona.edu
It is unexpected under previous accounts that, in a subclass of sentences that contain
reflexive anaphors, focus on a reflexive anaphor can be felicitously interpreted as a …

[PDF][PDF] Default sentential stress and non-exceptional reflexives

B Ahn - Annual LSA Meeting, 2012 - byronahn.com
Default Sentential Stress and Non-Exceptional Reflexives Page 1 Default Sentential Stress and
Non-Exceptional Reflexives Byron Ahn byron-[æt]-ucla-[dat]-edu UCLA Department of Linguistics …

[PDF][PDF] The distribution of focal stress and the syntax of reflexivity

B Ahn - Coyote Papers, 2012 - byronahn.com
A sentence like Johnny burned himself, with the sole focal stress on the reflexive anaphor,
can be felicitously interpreted as a response to a subject-question like Who burned Johnny …

[PDF][PDF] Twin reflexives

B Ahn - Invited talk, January, 2012 - byronahn.com
A theory of binding has been central to our understanding of hierarchical structure ë Which
makes it somewhat unsettling that we haven't quite figured it out ë Previous proposals …