This is an introduction to the structure of sentences in human languages. It assumes no prior
knowledge of linguistic theory and little of elementary grammar. It will suit students coming to …

This paper gives an account of the differences between polar and alternative questions, as
well as an account of the division of labor between compositional semantics and pragmatics …

Different verbs can take different kinds of arguments. Factive verbs such as remember and
forget take clausal complements which are presupposed to be true. In contrast, verbs such …

Pesetsky's (1987)“aggressively non-D-linked” wh-phrases (like who the hell; hereinafter, wh-
the-hell phrases) exhibit a variety of syntactic and semantic peculiarities, including the fact …

The present article considers complementizers in their dual capacity of being selected by a
matrix predicate and of selecting a clause. With respect to the first point, selection may also …

This book deals with Albanian, including the dialects spoken in Southern Italy, and with the
Aromanian spoken in Southern Albania. These languages are set in the context of current …

It is common to hypothesize that in classifier and non-classifier languages alike the various
functional heads (determiner/demonstrative, numeral, classifier) each head their own …

I propose that a moved clausal complement must involve a DP structure headed by a covert
determiner. This proposal explains the fact that the base-generated position of a moved …

This dissertation examines the syntactic and semantic behavior of sentential complement
clauses under factive vs. non-factive verbs. These classes of verbs, while superficially …

This thesis investigates syntax and semantics of attitude and speech reports. It is concerned
with three questions:(i) what kinds of meanings can tensed embedded clauses have?(ii) …