Subjects, Expletives, and the Epp (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195142259)

This collection of previously unpublished articles examines Noam Chomsky's Extended Projection Principle and its relationship to subjects and expletives (works like "it" that stand for other words). Re-examining Chomsky's proposition that each clause must have a subject, these articles represent the current state of the debate, particularly with respect to the theory's universal applicability across languages. Presenting an international and highly respected group of contributors, the volume explores these questions in a variety of languages, including Italian, Finnish, Icelandic, and Hungarian.

Author: Peter Svenonius
ISBN-10: 019514225X
ISBN-13: 9780195142259
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2002
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.04w x 0.68d