Academic Paper |
|
|
|
|
| Title: | Thematic indirect objects in French |
| Author: | Yves Roberge |
| Institution: | University of Toronto |
| Author: | Michelle Troberg |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Institution: | University of Toronto |
| Linguistic Field: | Syntax |
| Subject Language: |
French
|
| Abstract: | We present a descriptive generalisation according to which a verbal or an event argument is merged as an indirect object (IO) when the direct object (DO) position is occupied. Our goal is to formalise this generalisation and to show how current syntactic theory provides the necessary tools to support it. Specifically, the converging consensus that all so-called intransitive verbs have an internal nominal argument resolves previous exceptions to the generalisation and shows that the transitivity restriction on thematic IOs is structural. |
|
|
|
|
This article appears in Journal of French Language Studies Vol. 17, Issue 3, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
|
|
|
|
Back
Add a new paper Return to Academic Papers main page Return to Directory of Linguists main page |
|
|
About LINGUIST
|
Contact Us
|
Report Broken Link
While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents. |
|
