Thomas Mcfadden
Biographic Data
| ID | 1610280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Mcfadden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcfadden |
| SIGNATURE | MCFADDEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reducing pro and PRO to a single source
The goal of this paper is to provide novel theoretical and empirical evidence that the null subjects traditionally labelled as pro and pro , rather than being inherently distinct, are manifestations, differentiated in the course of the derivation, of what is underlyingly a single underspecified nominal pro-form, which we will call UPro. Included under this UPro are pro , oc pro and also the various types of ‘non-obligatory control’ ( noc ) pro , …
Preverbal ge- in Old and Middle English
This paper aims to work toward a proper understanding of the role of preverbal ge- in Old English (henceforth OE) and its disappearance in the course of Middle English. This prefix is reminiscent of its cognates in Modern German and Dutch (also written ge-) in its distribution, but even a cursory examination of the details reveals it to be quite distinct, as we will see. The proper characterization of that distribution, and of its diachronic deve…
On subject reference and the cartography of clause types
Finiteness in South Asian languages
Perfects, Resultatives, and Auxiliaries in Earlier English
In this article, we investigate the peculiar distribution of the auxiliaries have and be in Earlier English and its consequences for theories of the perfect and auxiliary selection. We argue on the basis of a large-scale corpus study that the periphrastic construction with be was restricted to a stative resultative interpretation, whereas that with have developed a wider range of uses, crucially including the experiential perfect in addition to r…
Advances in comparative Germanic syntax
Auxiliary Selection
Few syntactic phenomena are relevant to as many areas of linguistic theory as auxiliary selection - the alternation between auxiliaries in periphrastic constructions. Standing at the intersection between syntax, lexical and clausal semantics and morphology, it has been the subject of intense research since the late 1970s and has played a role in several important theoretical developments and debates. Auxiliary selection also poses a number of emp…
On Morphological Case and Word-Order Freedom
Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: General Session and Parasession on Phonetic Sources of Phonological Patterns: Synchronic and Diachronic Explanations (2003)
Finiteness in South Asian languages
Perfects, Resultatives, and Auxiliaries in Earlier English
In this article, we investigate the peculiar distribution of the auxiliaries have and be in Earlier English and its consequences for theories of the perfect and auxiliary selection. We argue on the basis of a large-scale corpus study that the periphrastic construction with be was restricted to a stative resultative interpretation, whereas that with have developed a wider range of uses, crucially including the experiential perfect in addition to r…
Auxiliary Selection
Few syntactic phenomena are relevant to as many areas of linguistic theory as auxiliary selection - the alternation between auxiliaries in periphrastic constructions. Standing at the intersection between syntax, lexical and clausal semantics and morphology, it has been the subject of intense research since the late 1970s and has played a role in several important theoretical developments and debates. Auxiliary selection also poses a number of emp…
On subject reference and the cartography of clause types
On Morphological Case and Word-Order Freedom
Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: General Session and Parasession on Phonetic Sources of Phonological Patterns: Synchronic and Diachronic Explanations (2003)
Auxiliary Selection
Few syntactic phenomena are relevant to as many areas of linguistic theory as auxiliary selection - the alternation between auxiliaries in periphrastic constructions. Standing at the intersection between syntax, lexical and clausal semantics and morphology, it has been the subject of intense research since the late 1970s and has played a role in several important theoretical developments and debates. Auxiliary selection also poses a number of emp…
Advances in comparative Germanic syntax
Perfects, Resultatives, and Auxiliaries in Earlier English
In this article, we investigate the peculiar distribution of the auxiliaries have and be in Earlier English and its consequences for theories of the perfect and auxiliary selection. We argue on the basis of a large-scale corpus study that the periphrastic construction with be was restricted to a stative resultative interpretation, whereas that with have developed a wider range of uses, crucially including the experiential perfect in addition to r…
On subject reference and the cartography of clause types
Finiteness in South Asian languages
Preverbal ge- in Old and Middle English
This paper aims to work toward a proper understanding of the role of preverbal ge- in Old English (henceforth OE) and its disappearance in the course of Middle English. This prefix is reminiscent of its cognates in Modern German and Dutch (also written ge-) in its distribution, but even a cursory examination of the details reveals it to be quite distinct, as we will see. The proper characterization of that distribution, and of its diachronic deve…
Reducing pro and PRO to a single source
The goal of this paper is to provide novel theoretical and empirical evidence that the null subjects traditionally labelled as pro and pro , rather than being inherently distinct, are manifestations, differentiated in the course of the derivation, of what is underlyingly a single underspecified nominal pro-form, which we will call UPro. Included under this UPro are pro , oc pro and also the various types of ‘non-obligatory control’ ( noc ) pro , …
Computer Science (8 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (8 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 works) · History (4 works) · German (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works)