The topic of small clauses

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-35

  Basilico, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Infinitives; Perception verbs; Raising verbs; Small clause; Theticity; Topic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645334684     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/002438903763255913     Document Type: Article

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