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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Main Authors: Hui Dai, Heyu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-03-01
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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