On predication
On predication
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DOI:
10.21248/hpsg.2009.11
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2009
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通讯作者:
Stefan Müller
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作者:
Stefan Müller
This paper discusses copula constructions in English, German, and Danish and argues that a uniform
analysis of all copula constructions is inappropriate. I provide evidence from German that there
should be a raising variant of the copula in addition to an identificational copula. A unary schema
is provided that maps referential NPs that can be used as arguments onto predicational NPs. Data
from Danish shows that predicational NPs can be subjects in specificational structures. An account
for such specificational structures is provided and the different behaviour of predicational and
specificational structures with regard to question tags is explained. A similar contrast can be
found in German left dislocation structures, which follows from the assumptions made in this paper.
A modified treatment of complex predicate formation allows for a reduction of selectional features
(that is abolishing of xcomp or vcomp) and for a uniform treatment of predicational
phrases in copula constructions and resultative secondary predicates. This yields an account for
constituent order variants that remained unexplained by earlier analyses.