Rachel Nye

List of John Benjamins publications for which Rachel Nye plays a role.

Title

Main Clause Phenomena: New Horizons

Edited by Lobke Aelbrecht, Liliane Haegeman and Rachel Nye

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 190] 2012. vi, 433 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

This paper advocates a new conception of the properties which determine the distribution of finite clausal complements (FCCs) in English. I argue against the orthodox view that FCCs are selected by matrix predicates on the basis of their interpretive type (Grimshaw 1979; Rizzi 1997; Ginzburg & Sag… read more
Aelbrecht, Lobke, Liliane Haegeman and Rachel Nye 2012 Main Clause Phenomena and the privilege of the rootMain Clause Phenomena: New Horizons, Aelbrecht, Lobke, Liliane Haegeman and Rachel Nye (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article