On Raising: An Inquiry Into One Rule of English Grammar and Its Theoretical Implications
(Part of the Current Studies in Linguistics Series)
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For some time it has been generally accepted by students of English grammar that a rule of Raising exists and that it functions to produce derived main clause subjects. Following Rosenbaum's work, it has also been widely accepted that this rule functions in a specified class of cases to derive main clause objects. However, in recent work, Chomsky has rejected the view that there is any Raising rule that produces derived main clause objects. According...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262160579
ISBN13:9780262160575
Release Date:January 1974
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:432 Pages
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