Irish autonomous verbs in a semantic-pragmatic interface: Some reflections on information structure-driven valency reduction

Autonomous verbs in Irish are special verb forms incompatible with the surface realization of a subject. Previous studies have suggested to postulate empty categories such as pro, PRO or expletive pro to fill the subject position (cf. Stenson 1989; McCloskey 2007; Bondaruk/ Charzyńska-Wóicjk 2003),...

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Main Author: Viviana Masia
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2024-04-01
Series:Linguistik Online
Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/linguistik-online/article/view/11089