Encoding the addressee in the syntax: Evidence from English imperative subjects

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-218

  Zanuttini, Raffaella ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addressee; Agree; Agreement; Bare nouns; Binding; English; Icelandic; Imperatives; Italian; Jussive phrase; Korean; Null determiners; Null subjects; Person features; Pronouns; Quantificational subjects; Subjects; Vocatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149086418     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-007-9029-6     Document Type: Article

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