One move but two movements: an alternative account of the middle construction
The A-movement analysis of the middle construction leaves the oblique middles untouched and fails to explain the unique syntactic and semantic properties of middle clauses. Under the assumption that the tense-defective Mod (Modal) INFL heads the middle structure, we advocate a combination of A-movem...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Language Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/flang.2025.1480009/full |
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