After showing the cross-linguistic variation in the formal realization of predicate nominals, data from Italian are discussed. Empirical tests, having to do with cliticization behaviour, are evidence for the argument structure of predicate nominals which is proposed in the paper.

Mereu, L. (2011). Nominal predication and the syntax-semantic interface. In Structures and meanings: cross-theoretical perspectives (pp. 100-123). TORINO : L'Harmattan Italia.

Nominal predication and the syntax-semantic interface

MEREU, Lunella;
2011-01-01

Abstract

After showing the cross-linguistic variation in the formal realization of predicate nominals, data from Italian are discussed. Empirical tests, having to do with cliticization behaviour, are evidence for the argument structure of predicate nominals which is proposed in the paper.
2011
978-88-7892-183-2
Mereu, L. (2011). Nominal predication and the syntax-semantic interface. In Structures and meanings: cross-theoretical perspectives (pp. 100-123). TORINO : L'Harmattan Italia.
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