Against broad subjects in Hebrew
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Hebrew has no multiple nominative construction (MNC) of the Japanese type, contrary to the claims of three recent studies. The alleged ‘‘broad subject’’ in the Hebrew constructions is nothing but a left-dislocated DP. A series of arguments is presented to the effect that this DP patterns with Ā-bar phrases and displays none of the subject properties characteristic of either standard or broad subjects. # 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008