This paper reconciles conflicting evidence on the nature of adjectival passives. Some evidence suggests that externalization of an internal argument in adjectival passives is a lexical operation not involving syntactic movement, while other evidence suggests that adjectival passive participles project an internal argument in the syntax. It is proposed that a subject may be base generated in a p...

Based on the grammaticality of sentences like (1) – (2), Rizzi (1986) argues that the missing object is a null object. The null object is an arbitrary pro associated with the interpretation [+ human] and corresponds in meaning to English generic one/people. Considering that the anaphor and PRO are both bound that the only possible binder is the missing object, Rizzi concludes that the null obje...

0. Short Abstract The syntax of Control structures like They love to swim. has long been a topic of debate. Current generative treatments of such sentences, as in, e.g., Baltin (1995), Bo kovi (1996, 2007), Chomsky & Lasnik (1993, 1995), Landau (2004, 2008), Sigur sson (2008), among others, continue to analyze them in terms of a phonetically non-overt, non-expletive, pronominal (PRO) in the sub...

This paper deals with word order variation that relates to patterns of information structure. The empirical focus of the paper is a comparison of Italian and Greek word order patterns. The paper will address, however, issues of word order typology in general. The main line of argumentation is one according to which syntax directly reflects information structure, and variation is explained on th...

Desde que Chomsky publicara la Teoría de Principios y Parámetros (1981), donde propone varios parámetros lingüísticos, uno los más estudiados es el denominado Parámetro pro-drop o del sujeto nulo, describe idiomas admiten presencia elisión pronombre personal en las oraciones versus no pro-drop, obliga a inclusión expreso. Sin embargo, obligatoriedad léxico solo se dará caso información debe fac...

It is commonly accepted that skeletal muscles from dystrophin-deficient mdx mice are more susceptible than those from wild-type mice to damage from eccentric contractions. However, the downstream mechanisms involved in this enhanced force drop remain controversial. We studied the reduction of contractile force induced by eccentric contractions elicited in vivo in the gastrocnemius muscle of wil...

Chomsky and Lasnik (1993) argue convincingly that PRO has null Case, checked by nonfinite T, and suggest that this may explain PRO’s narrow distribution. However, their analysis falls short of reaching this goal. Here, I refine the theory of null Case so as to fully account for the distribution of empty and lexical subjects of nonfinite clauses, concluding that this minimalist analysis is more ...

In this paper, I argue that Greek shows evidence of having phonetically null indefinite “special” object pronominals (meaning null, clitic-like indefinite pronominals). This claim is motivated by the similarity of a number of constructions involving indefinites to constructions involving cliticized definites. As I will show, it provides a maximally simple account of Greek indefinite object drop...

Lung adenocarcinoma has replaced squamous cell lung carcinoma as the most frequent histological subtype in lung cancers. However, genetic factors that affect cancer susceptibility are much less understood in adenocarcinoma than in squamous cell carcinoma. In this study, polymorphisms in five genes involved in the metabolism of carcinogens or in the repair of damaged DNA in lung cells, NQO1-Pro1...