Benjamin L. Sluckin

List of John Benjamins publications for which Benjamin L. Sluckin plays a role.

Title

The Evolution of Expletives: Theoretical and diachronic perspectives

Edited by Eric Fuß and Benjamin L. Sluckin

Special issue of Evolutionary Linguistic Theory 6:1/2 (2024) v, 244 pp.

Articles

Fuß, Eric and Benjamin L. Sluckin 2024 The evolution of expletivesThe Evolution of Expletives: Theoretical and diachronic perspectives, Fuß, Eric and Benjamin L. Sluckin (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Introduction
Sluckin, Benjamin L. 2024 The covert perceiver in English locative inversion: An alternative to expletive proThe Evolution of Expletives: Theoretical and diachronic perspectives, Fuß, Eric and Benjamin L. Sluckin (eds.), pp. 191–242 | Article
Locative Inversion (LI) in English is a broad-focus inversion structure in which a spatio-deictic XP seemingly occupies the canonical subject position. An analysis of LI must explain EPP-satisfaction: previous approaches take either a silent expletive pro (Bruening, 2010; Coopmans, 1989; Postal,… read more