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Miles Lee Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Subject to subject raising
Subject to subject raising type predicates
She is likely -- to win the race. In the sentence above, she is raised to the subject position from the blank. My book talks about the features of this type of raising.
1. NP movement of embedded subject to the specifier of TP for EPP and Case. 2. Allows idiomatic readings.
What does 'EPP' stand for? And what does 'dimiomatic readings' mean?
She is likely -- to win the race. In the sentence above, she is raised to the subject position from the blank. My book talks about the features of this type of raising.
1. NP movement of embedded subject to the specifier of TP for EPP and Case. 2. Allows idiomatic readings.
What does 'EPP' stand for? And what does 'dimiomatic readings' mean?
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org/wiki/Extended_Projection_Principle Dave
- org/wiki/Extended_Projection_Principle Dave
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Hi
I find that quite difficult to understand, but EPP almost certainly stands for Noam Chomsky's Extended Projection Principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Projection_Principle
Dave
I find that quite difficult to understand, but EPP almost certainly stands for Noam Chomsky's Extended Projection Principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Projection_Principle
Dave
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Hi
I am way out of my depth here, but maybe these two sentence are to be compared:
- It is likely that she will win the race
- She is likely to win the race
The first sentence follows the order of modal logic L(P) , where the 'L' shows the likelihood and 'P' is the fact of the lady winning the race
In the second sentence, the lady has become the subje
I am way out of my depth here, but maybe these two sentence are to be compared:
- It is likely that she will win the race
- She is likely to win the race
The first sentence follows the order of modal logic L(P) , where the 'L' shows the likelihood and 'P' is the fact of the lady winning the race
In the second sentence, the lady has become the subje
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Thank you for the help. I looked at the page you referred to and I got the answers to my questions.
Idiomatic readings mean the opposite of referential meanings. For example, in the sentence, 'It is likely that she will pass
the test.', the it has no rererential meaning. It just fills the subject position syntactically. It just obeys the extended projection principle. Thank you again.
Idiomatic readings mean the opposite of referential meanings. For example, in the sentence, 'It is likely that she will pass
the test.', the it has no rererential meaning. It just fills the subject position syntactically. It just obeys the extended projection principle. Thank you again.
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Hi
Thanks for your reply. I've realised now it is what's sometimes called the 'empty it'
It explains why a UK speaker may find it strange when a second-language speaker says, e.g:
- Is difficult, no?
It's because some languages don't require the 'empty it' in the same way that English does
Best regards, Dave
Thanks for your reply. I've realised now it is what's sometimes called the 'empty it'
It explains why a UK speaker may find it strange when a second-language speaker says, e.g:
- Is difficult, no?
It's because some languages don't require the 'empty it' in the same way that English does
Best regards, Dave
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