Peter Alrenga
Biographic Data
| ID | 1569378 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Alrenga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Alrenga |
| SIGNATURE | ALRENGA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
No more shall we part
A sentential subject asymmetry in English and its implications for complement selection
In this article, I defend a particular solution to a long-standing problem concerning the syntactic behavior of the verb seem-namely, its failure to take a sentential subject (*That the Giants lost the World Series seems). I show that this restriction follows straightforwardly if, following Koster (1978), sentential subjects are analyzed as topic phrases linked to a phonetically null DP in Spec,IP. I further suggest that this DP is an argument (n…
A sentential subject asymmetry in English and its implications for complement selection
In this article, I defend a particular solution to a long-standing problem concerning the syntactic behavior of the verb seem-namely, its failure to take a sentential subject (*That the Giants lost the World Series seems). I show that this restriction follows straightforwardly if, following Koster (1978), sentential subjects are analyzed as topic phrases linked to a phonetically null DP in Spec,IP. I further suggest that this DP is an argument (n…
No more shall we part
A sentential subject asymmetry in English and its implications for complement selection
In this article, I defend a particular solution to a long-standing problem concerning the syntactic behavior of the verb seem-namely, its failure to take a sentential subject (*That the Giants lost the World Series seems). I show that this restriction follows straightforwardly if, following Koster (1978), sentential subjects are analyzed as topic phrases linked to a phonetically null DP in Spec,IP. I further suggest that this DP is an argument (n…
No more shall we part
Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Agreement (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 works) · Complement (music (1 works) · Complementation (1 works)