... framework this can be implemented by treating possessive NPs as NP-gerund modifiers along the following lines: (53) ... unified analysis of possessives in English can be provided that could account also for POSS-ing constructions.24 ...
This title, first published in 1988, is an inquiry into the nature of predication in natural language. The study is based on the hypothesis that infinitives and gerunds are not clausal or propositional constructions and attempts to provide support for such a hypothesis, whilst also drawing from analysis of various anaphoric phenomena. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
The chapter focuses on the varieties spoken in northern Italy and on functional elements that, in the descriptive and theoretical literature, always raise concerns with respect of their categorial status. The aim of this contribution is not to provide a thorough description of the attested systems, but to concentrate on the syntax of two categories: subject clitics and nominal modifiers such as possessives and demonstratives. Subject clitics in northern Italo-Romance have been regarded as either pronouns or agreement/inflectional markers. Their hybrid nature has been a matter of debate since t
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