David Basilico
Biographic Data
| ID | 742986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Basilico |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Basilico |
| SIGNATURE | BASILICO D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Antipassive Adds an Argument
In this paper, I give an analysis of the syntax of the antipassive construction in the Eskimo-Aleut language family. In this account, I follow previous works, such as Benua (1997), Basilico (2004, 2012), Aldridge (2012), and Johns and Kučerová (2017) and posit that the antipassive, oblique argument occupies a different position than the transitive, absolutive object. However, I do not argue that the absolutive direct object argument and the obliq…
Particle verbs and benefactive double objects in English: High and low attachments
The syntactic representation of perfectivity
The Topic of Small Clauses
This article proposes that understanding the syntax and semantics of small clauses (SCs) requires understanding their topic structure. The article focuses on two observations: (a) the lack of passive for verbs that take bare infinitival complements and (b) the lack of a narrow scope interpretation for subjects raised from adjectival SCs. It shows that with bare infinitival complements, the subject of the SC is not the topic; this contrasts with a…
Pronoun positioning
Wh-movement in Iraqi Arabic and Slave
Both Iraqi Arabic and Slave show asymmetries in wh-movement that are different from the typical asymmetries that have been observed. In Iraqi Arabic, covert movement of argument wh-words appears to be more restricted than overt movement, and in Slave, covert movement of adjunct wh-words appears to be freer than overt movement. The analysis given claims that the covert/overt distinction with respect to wh-movement should be characterized as a dist…
Object Position and Predication Forms
Head Position and Internally Headed Relative Clauses
This article examines the phenomenon of HEAD MOVEMENT in internally headed relative clauses (IHRCs). Most theorists working in a transformational framework consider the internal head to move to an external position. I show that in some cases, head movement to an external position need not take place; an internal head may move but remain within the sentence itself. I show that this movement of the head to a sentence-internal position is a conseque…
Head Position and Internally Headed Relative Clauses
This article examines the phenomenon of HEAD MOVEMENT in internally headed relative clauses (IHRCs). Most theorists working in a transformational framework consider the internal head to move to an external position. I show that in some cases, head movement to an external position need not take place; an internal head may move but remain within the sentence itself. I show that this movement of the head to a sentence-internal position is a conseque…
The Topic of Small Clauses
This article proposes that understanding the syntax and semantics of small clauses (SCs) requires understanding their topic structure. The article focuses on two observations: (a) the lack of passive for verbs that take bare infinitival complements and (b) the lack of a narrow scope interpretation for subjects raised from adjectival SCs. It shows that with bare infinitival complements, the subject of the SC is not the topic; this contrasts with a…
The syntactic representation of perfectivity
Object Position and Predication Forms
Particle verbs and benefactive double objects in English: High and low attachments
Head Position and Internally Headed Relative Clauses
This article examines the phenomenon of HEAD MOVEMENT in internally headed relative clauses (IHRCs). Most theorists working in a transformational framework consider the internal head to move to an external position. I show that in some cases, head movement to an external position need not take place; an internal head may move but remain within the sentence itself. I show that this movement of the head to a sentence-internal position is a conseque…
Wh-movement in Iraqi Arabic and Slave
Both Iraqi Arabic and Slave show asymmetries in wh-movement that are different from the typical asymmetries that have been observed. In Iraqi Arabic, covert movement of argument wh-words appears to be more restricted than overt movement, and in Slave, covert movement of adjunct wh-words appears to be freer than overt movement. The analysis given claims that the covert/overt distinction with respect to wh-movement should be characterized as a dist…
Object Position and Predication Forms
Pronoun positioning
The Topic of Small Clauses
This article proposes that understanding the syntax and semantics of small clauses (SCs) requires understanding their topic structure. The article focuses on two observations: (a) the lack of passive for verbs that take bare infinitival complements and (b) the lack of a narrow scope interpretation for subjects raised from adjectival SCs. It shows that with bare infinitival complements, the subject of the SC is not the topic; this contrasts with a…
Particle verbs and benefactive double objects in English: High and low attachments
The syntactic representation of perfectivity
Antipassive Adds an Argument
In this paper, I give an analysis of the syntax of the antipassive construction in the Eskimo-Aleut language family. In this account, I follow previous works, such as Benua (1997), Basilico (2004, 2012), Aldridge (2012), and Johns and Kučerová (2017) and posit that the antipassive, oblique argument occupies a different position than the transitive, absolutive object. However, I do not argue that the absolutive direct object argument and the obliq…
Linguistics (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works) · Transitive relation (3 works) · Verb (3 works)