Basic English Grammar with Exercises

Glossary superlative form of adjectives: comparison to a higher (or in the case of least lower) degree when there are more than ...

Glossary trace: moved constituents leave traces in the position where they have been moved from. Once a trace is present in a s ...

Glossary [±V]: one of the three basic binary features on which all categories can be defined. With the help of these features ...

Glossary wh-relative: a relative clause introduced not by a complementiser but a wh- element: The girl [whom I invited]. wh-e ...

Bibliography Baker, Mark C. (1988): Incorporation: A Theory of Grammatical Function Changing. University of Chicago Press. Chica ...

Index A. adjacency 221 adjective 11, 13, 14, 17, 25, 28, 30 –3 8 , 39, 46–9, 53, 54, 74, 80, 105, 106, 108, 109, 144, 157, 160, ...

Index Burzio, Luigi 178 Burzio's Generalisation 178 , 185, 189, 255 C. canonical structural realisation principles 269 canonical ...

Index D. dative alternate see dative construction dative construction 82 , 201 , 202 daughter 71 , 74, 107, 110 Deep-structure 1 ...

Index H. Haegeman, Liliane 132, 320 head 100–103, 108–10, 141–49 Head Movement Constraint (HMC) 243 , 244, 278, 330 heavy DP shi ...

Index morphology 31, 33, 43, 75, 76, 217 mother 71 , 74, 107 Move
113 , 111 – 14 movement 80–82, 87 – 90 , 110 – 32 , 148, 153 ...

Index predicate 15 – 18 , 19, 22, 25, 29, 30, 38, 65, 77 , 86, 103, 104, 116–19, 130, 165, 179, 185, 186, 188, 200, 234, 282, 31 ...

Index missing subject 100, 190, 225, 227, 238, 269, 283, 322–25, 331 PRO 325, 331–36, 340 subject position 77–80, 112, 113, 116, ...

Index intransitive verb 24 , 34, 39, 46, 66, 77, 85, 107, 119, 126, 141, 168, 170, 176, 182, 186, 197 – 99 , 255 lexical verb 20 ...

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