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Tel-Aviv University The Lester & Sa
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Acknowledgements It has been a long
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Abstract 1. Introduction (chapter 1
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c. *Dan i talked about him i d. *Da
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(9) The main hypothesis P is unifor
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In the Theta System theta-roles are
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The (semantically limited) distribu
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of the main verb, along lines propo
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3.2.2 The theta-features (Reinhart
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5.4.2.1 The status and function of
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2 1.1 Previous approaches to P 1.1.
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4 (5) a. dan higi’a axarey ha-mes
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6 b. misaviv *(le)-ec Hebrew around
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8 These approaches do depart from t
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10 heads such as N, V, A do not. 10
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12 To summarize, as it stands, Grim
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14 by the corresponding lexical hea
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16 In the Object Purpose Clause con
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18 2. The theory of P The main goal
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20 yes/no questions).This is comple
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22 (2) Criterion Functional categor
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24 In various languages some Ps are
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26 sharp contrast to the core lexic
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28 lexical, of course) (see the dis
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30 (iv) Froud 2001 is a psycholingu
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32 perspective, I will assume that
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34 Dutch provides an additional arg
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36 the study). Thus, taking the not
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38 On my proposal (section 2.2.1) m
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40 In this respect, let me note a p
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42 The phenomenon of PP-verbs, alth
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44 inability to agree with its DP-o
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46 The question which arises at thi
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48 (13) Internal argument-taking hi
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50 Grimshaw 1990; Baker 1988, 1997;
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52 suitable for the problem at hand
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54 3.2.3 The mapping generalization
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56 (iii) Assignment of [Acc] depend
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58 (25) a. on našol konfet-u v kar
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60 theory of P developed in chapter
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62 (37) a. What did he eat in the m
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64 Thus, whatever the exact restric
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(46). 28 Summarizing the above, P C
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68 As for the alleged arbitrariness
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70 3.4 The [-m]/[-c] distinction Th
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72 viewed as necessary conditions f
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74 (59) [-c] PP-verbs Physical cont
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76 interpreted only as undergoing a
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78 b. dan [he’if mabat] be-rina D
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80 a [+animate] DP. Consequently, h
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82 The meaning of (78a) is somethin
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84 (85) a. he’emanti be-bart [I]
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86 asserted ‘belief’. In other
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88 3.5 PP-verbs cross-linguisticall
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90 But the non-identical realizatio
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92 P device involves the syntactic
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94 Note that the options in (103) d
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96 adjacency requirement between th
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98 would be [-c] PP-verbs in Englis
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100 Appendix A: Residual issues The
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102 (A.6) a. mabat-o nadad (motion)
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104 Given its theta-grid, hikša is
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106 Appendix B Table 1. 70 Hebrew P
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210 . be closed (or satisfied) synt
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212 b. *There is hard to believe [t
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214 . Following Higginbotham (1985)
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216 (85) a. ma’axal nora ze (lo)
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218 c. basar adom hu mazon (*ha-/*
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220 . Thus, it seems to be the case
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222 b. ha-oto i huva t i li-vdika [
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224 (105) a. dan [ VP [ V hevi] [ D
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226 . (111) dan [ VP hevi et ha-oto
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228 . In contrast, the adjectives i
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230 . The ECM/Raising SCs differ su
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232 . ‘found’) does not license
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234 Boškovič, Ž. 1994. “D-Stru
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236 Froud, K. 2001. “Prepositions
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238 Lasnik, H. 1999. Minimalist Ana
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240 Riemsdijk van, H. C. 1990. “F
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242 Williams, E. 1987. “Implicit