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  • From: dwashbur AT nyx.net
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Generation grammar and b-hebrew
  • Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:53:27 -0700



On 20 Jun 2010 at 21:24, James Christian wrote:

>
> Hi, on reflection I was wondering what your thoughts about NPs with
> a direct object marker are.
> Clearly a generic NP rule would cause over generation as subject NPs
> with a direct object
> marker would be generated.
> James Christian

The markers come in the semantic component. Syntactically, the status of an
NP as subject
or object is decided by the generation of the VP, not the NP. The NP
internally is neutral.

Dave Washburn

http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur




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