Interpreting null subjects in Finnish finite sentences

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the licensing and semantic interpretation of null subjects in Finnish finite sentences that are not embedded sentences or other complex sentences in which an NP can be omitted if it is coreferential with another NP in the same complex sentence. The notion 'subject' is divided into four different levels: Overt lexical subject in syntactic structure, Subject as a grammatical function, Subject as a lexically determined argument (‘logical subject’), and the Conceptual level argument that is linked to the overt subject.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNull Subjects in Slavic and Finno-Ugric
Subtitle of host publicationLicensing, Structure and Typology
EditorsGréte Dalmi, Egor Tsedryk, Piotr Cegłowski
Place of PublicationBoston/Berlin
PublisherMouton De Gruyter
Chapter8
Pages229-252
ISBN (Electronic)9781501513848
ISBN (Print)9781501520228
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jan 2022
MoE publication typeA3 Part of a book or another research book

Publication series

Name Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]
PublisherMouton De Gruyter
Volume145

Keywords

  • Finnish
  • subject
  • generative grammar

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