Re-analyzing ‘say’ complementation: Implications for case theory and beyond

This paper argues based on data from Uyghur (Turkic) that clausal complementation structures involving a special form of the verb ‘say’ are actually adjunct clauses headed by the verb ‘say’ that merge at two heights: VP or TP. I demonstrate that properties unique to ‘say’ as a main verb extend to ‘s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Natural language and linguistic theory 2024-08, Vol.42 (3), p.1125-1190
1. Verfasser:	Major, Travis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Clauses Grammatical case Linguistics Natural Language Processing (NLP) Philosophy of Language Predicate Social Sciences Theoretical linguistics Turkic languages Verbs
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