Postverbal subjects in Romance and German : Some notes on the Unaccusative Hypothesis

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1999
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Eguzkitza, Andolin
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Lingua ; 109 (1999), 3. - pp. 195-219. - ISSN 0024-3841
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This study deals with the problems presented by postverbal subjetcs in constructions with unaccusative verbs, because they apparently are counterexamples to the explanatory power of the Unaccusative Hypothesis. The paper defends the position that such examples do not weaken the hypothesis since it is assumed that such postverbal subjects ought to leave the original object position and move to a position where nominative case is regularly assigned. This account is supported by two kinds of consideration. On the one hand, there exists no inherent partitive case to justify the lack of movement, and on the other, agreement facts and distribution of expletive pronouns in different Romance languages and in German show that the postverbal position of subjects are not but the result of movements compatible with the assignment of nominative case.
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400 Philology, Linguistics
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Unakkusativität,Postverbale Subjekte
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ISO 690EGUZKITZA, Andolin, Georg A. KAISER, 1999. Postverbal subjects in Romance and German : Some notes on the Unaccusative Hypothesis. In: Lingua. 109(3), pp. 195-219. ISSN 0024-3841. Available under: doi: 10.1016/S0024-3841(99)00027-3
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  volume={109},
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  journal={Lingua},
  pages={195--219},
  author={Eguzkitza, Andolin and Kaiser, Georg A.}
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