By Richard S. Kayne
It is a number of formerly released essays on comparative syntax by means of the celebrated linguist Richard Kayne. The papers conceal problems with comparative syntax as they're utilized to French, Italian, and different Romance languages and dialects, jointly forming a strongly cohesive set that might be worthy to either students and scholars.
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Compare (22) with (23), which corresponds to the same sentence less agreement: (23) . . combien de tables; Paul a [ V p repeint [e]h CasJ 'Repeint' is the participle of a verb that is associated with a subject theta-role. Consider the effect on (22) and (23) of replacing 'repeint' by the participle of a verb not associated with a subject theta-role. Schematically, this will result in (24) and (25), where 'il' is the French expletive pronoun: (24) . . ,P AGR, V pp [eh]] (25) . . Wh-phrasej il Vallx Vpp [e].
Not all Italian dialects have (48), to judge by Yvia Croce (1979, 138) and Rossini (1975, 125-126). 27. Belletti argues that (48) involves control. Contrary to chapter 2, an earlier stage of this work, we suspect that that is not incompatible with (49), if there is a position for PRO within the participial VP, a question beyond the scope of this article, as is the related question of why unaccusative verbs tend to show no past participle agreement when the auxiliary is 'have' (cf. Beninca (1984)).
Lean les veut voir.