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A critique of Phase Extension, with a comparison to Phase Sliding
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Ángel J Gallego
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August 27, 2007
Abstract
1. Introduction
Den Dikken's paper (henceforth DD) explores an interesting alternative to Chomsky's conception of Phase Theory to account for different phenomena involving Predicate Inversion (PI). In particular, DD concentrates on cases of so-called copular, locative, and dative inversion (the respective instances in (1)):
(1)
a. The #1 best-seller in the country is this book.
b. On the president's desk lay this book.
c. I gave my students this book.
Published Online: 2007-08-27
Published in Print: 2007-06-19
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