The fact that the specifier of T0 is subject both to the Extended Projection Principle (EPP)
and to the Empty Category Principle (ECP) has remained an unexplained accident within …

This article provides a new argument for the analysis of null arguments in terms of ellipsis by
considering null objects that behave like quantifiers. It is shown that the presence of …

This paper investigates the Turkish NP, with emphasis on the structural position of
possessors (both overt and null possessors—they will be shown to be …

This thesis is a cross-linguistic investigation into the nature of null arguments in radical pro-
drop languages where null arguments are claimed to be derivable via the process called …

The empirical base of this dissertation is comprised of two parts, neither of which has been
systematically investigated in the generative literature before. The first one is dedicated to …

This paper argues that the DP object in Japanese always moves to the domain of vP in overt
syntax. The main argument for this hypothesis comes from the transitivity restriction imposed …

This paper presents a case study of a group of null‐subject languages in which there is
referential pro that fails to satisfy the Extended Projection Principle (EPP) because it does …

This book is a cross-linguistic investigation into the nature of null arguments in radical pro-
drop languages, where arguments such as subjects and objects can be productively …

This article presents a case study of Czech that opens the possibility of unifying various
second-position phenomena as instances of an interface condition on head extension. The …

In this work in progress we explore the possibility that the EPP, which has been claimed to
be “strong” universally for T, may not need to emerge when the verb is unaccusative. We …