The Raising of Predicates: Predicative Noun Phrases and the Theory of Clause Structure

One of the basic premises of the theory of syntax is that clause structures can be minimally identified as containing a verb phrase, playing the role of predicate, and a noun phrase, playing the role of subject. In this study Andrea Moro identifies a new category of copular sentences, namely inverse copular sentences, where the predicative noun phrase occupies the position that is canonically reserved for subjects. In the process, he sheds new light on such classical issues as the distribution and nature of expletives, locality theory and cliticization phenomena.

Author: Andrea Moro,Moro Andrea
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/09/1997
Pages: 332
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.40w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780521562331

About the Author
Moro, Andrea: - Andrea Moro is Full Professor of General Linguistics at University San Raffaele in Milan and Head of the Interfaculty Graduate Program in Cognitive Neuroscience. His publications include The raising of Predicates (1997), published by Cambridge University Press, and Dynamic Antisymmetry (2000).

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