The voice of French existential on constructions
The external arguments of short passives and French existential on constructions share strikingly similar properties: both display discourse and scopal inertness, both fail to provide an antecedent for a PRO subject of a passive infinitival, and neither is compatible with an unaccusative verb. Such...
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| Main Authors: | Marc Authier, Lisa A Reed |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Isogloss |
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| Online Access: | https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/584 |
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