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Stefan Müller: Object-to-Subject-Raising and Lexical Rule: An Analysis of the German Passive
It is a much-debated issue whether one should assume separate lexical
entries for participles used in passive and perfect constructions
or whether there is just one lexical entry that is used in different
ways depending on whether a passive or perfect auxiliary is present in the clause.
In previous work I criticized approaches trying to analyze the passive
with one lexical entry for making empirically wrong predictions
and suggested a lexical-rule based approach were two different
lexical items for the participle are licensed.
In this paper I show how Heinz and Matiasek's (1994) formalizations of Haider's (1986) ideas
can be extended and modified in a way that both modal infinitives and control constructions
can be captured correctly. The suggested analysis needs only one lexical item
for participles, base form infinitives, and zu infinitives irrespective
of their usage in active or passive like structures.
Maintained by Stefan Müller
Created: October 2003
Last modified: June 10, 2005
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