To Raise or Not to Raise: the Case of Finnish Restrictive Relative Clauses

How (Not) to Raise Money

We show that standard winner-pay auctions are inept fund-raising mechanisms because of the positive externality bidders forgo if they top another’s high bid. Revenues are suppressed as a result and remain finite even when bidders value a dollar donated the same as a dollar kept. This problem does not occur in lotteries and all-pay auctions, where bidders pay irrespective of whether they win. We...

Restrictive Relative Clauses in Maltese

This paper provides a descriptive overview of restrictive relative clauses (henceforth RRCs) in Maltese, a construction which has received little attention to date and which is poorly described in existing grammars. We outline an LFG approach to the facts we describe bulding on existing analyses, and notably on Asudeh 2004/to appear, as far as the treatment of resumption in RRCs is concerned. F...

An LFG Approach to Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses in Maltese

Essex Research Reports in Linguistics present ongoing research activities of the members of the Department of Language and Linguistics. The main purpose of these reports is to provide a quick publication outlet. They have 'pre-publication status', and most will subsequently appear in revised form as research articles in professional journals or in edited books. Copyright remains with the author...

Let’s Raise a Half-Full Glass to the Zombie NHS: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Yearning to share to raise standards.