Syntaxis -- V. 03, (2000)

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    The syntax of voiced palatals in Spanish
    (2010-04-28T12:00:05Z) García-Bellido, Paloma
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    A PF-insertion analysis of "that"
    (2010-04-28T11:56:20Z) Franks, Steve
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    The NEG elements in clause structures
    (2010-04-28T11:02:57Z) Alharbi, Abdallah H. M.
    This article deals with the syntax of sentential negative elements in a number of languages. We start by investigating three kinds of sentential negative elements in Arabic. We argue that these elements occupy different positions in the hierarchic order of clause structure. Negative elements occur in positions higher than TNS, or between TNS and AG Rs, or project internal to the Predicate Phrase. Analysis of Arabic negative clauses reveals that although NEG elements project as phrasal heads, they are closely associated with TNS and AGRs. We propose a hypothesis of Adjunction movement to TNS/ NEG motivated by morphological requirement of the elements involved. Movements, which should apply before Spell-out, are necessary for Checking theory. The same procedure has been applied to negative clauses in English, French, Italian, etc. We claim that sentential NEG elements share in their essence certain simple properties at least in the languages investigated here.
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    Defining the indefinable? Interjections
    (2010-04-28T10:59:55Z) Cuenca, Maria Josep
    Interjections are usually defined as an anomalous grammatical class in most levels of analysis. This paper presents an alternative account of interjections within the frameworks of prototype theory, on the one hand, and grammaticalization, on the other hand. Adopting a prototype approach to grammatical categorization, interjections are better seen as peripheral instances of sentences, since they behave as maximal units of syntax but do not exhibit a subject plus predicate structure. On the other hand. grammaticalization theory accounts for the distinction between primary and secondary interjections and allows to establish the limits between interjections and phrases.