Copular Sentences in Russian: A Theory of Intra-Clausal Relations (Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory)
Author: Asya Pereltsvaig
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 2007-04-06
ISBN: 140205792X
Number of pages: 169
Format / Quality: PDF in ZIP file
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This book provides a detailed study and a novel Minimalist account of copular sentences in Russian, focusing on case marking alternations (nominative vs. instrumental) and drawing a distinction between two types of copular sentences.
On the assumption that Merge is defined in the simplest way possible, it is argued that not all syntactic structures are a(nti)symmetrical. One of the