The syntax of 'subjects'

Three questions are addressed about the subject in Japanese: (i) What is the subject? (ii) What is the topic in syntax? (iii) Where is the $\theta$-marked external argument in syntax? About (i), I adopt the widely accepted view that the subject is only a relative notion; SPEC. The SPEC is restricted...

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Main Author: Tateishi, Koichi
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1991
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9132923