On Shell Structure

This volume collects together core papers by Richard K. Larson developing what has since come to be known as the "VP Shell" or "Split VP" analysis of sentential structure.

Autorentext

Richard K. Larson is Professor of Linguistics at Stony Brook University, US.

Inhalt

1.0 General Introduction 2.0 Datives: Background 2.1 On the Double Object Construction 2.2 Double Objects Revisited: Reply to Jackendoff 2.3 Promise and the Theory of Control 3.0 Complex Predicates: Background 3.1 Light Predicate Raising 3.2 Some Issues in Verb Serialization 3.3 Sentence Final Adverbs and "Scope" 4.0 Nominal Structure: Background 4.1 The Projection of DP (and DegP)