Noun phrase licensing and interpretation
The central claim of this thesis is that direct objects in English move overtly to a Case position external to VP. This proposal differs from the standard GB (e.g. Chomsky 1981) approach in which the verb assigns Case to the direct object within VP. This proposal also differs from the current Minima...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1995
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9606556 |