Valuing V features and N features: What Adjuncts tell us about Case, Agreement, and syntax in general
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Year of publication | 2009 |
Type | Article in Proceedings |
Conference | Merging Features: Computation, Interpretation, and Acquisition |
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Field | Linguistics |
Keywords | adjuncts; PP distribution; case licensing; category features |
Description | argues that adjuncts surface as PPs because the features of P dont require syntactic licensing. Other head categories require either that +N or +V of their head be licensed |
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