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The accusative and infinitive in Latin: a refractory complement clause1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

O. S. Pillinger
O. S. Pillinger
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Department of Linguistics, Indiana University
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In this paper I set out to show that, contrary to expectation, Subject-to-Object Raising does not form part of the derivation of Accusative and Infinitive (A&I) complements in Latin: and that this, coupled with the apparent NP-status of these complements, causes some difficulties for two of the current ‘schools’ of transformational-generative grammar, namely Generative Semantics/Relational Grammar, and Chomsk's Extended Standard Theory.

After a brief note on the use of intuition in analysing a dead language, the basic positions of the above two schools are given, together with certain distinctions and terminology relevant to the Latin data under consideration.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1980 , pp. 55 - 83
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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