The thesis presents a thorough investigation of major aspects of pronominal syntax and interpretation. The main goal of the study is to motivate multiple dimensions of pronominal analysis, including morphosyntactic and structural properties, and to delineate their significance t…
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In this dissertation, I demonstrate that a clear understanding of the properties and behaviors of personal pronouns and operators resolves some of the puzzles surrounding UG phenomena such as question formation, superiority effects, weak crossover effects, resumption, and the de…
This dissertation is a study of the syntactic structure of noun phrases. In particular, this study focuses on the Pronoun-Noun Construction (PNC) which is composed of a non-possessive pronoun and a common noun as in We Tucsonans love rain . The core theme of this thesis lies in …
On Resumptive Pronouns in Slavic is a first step toward a generalized theory of pronouns that accounts for the behavior of both ordinary and resumptive pronouns. I adopt the definition of resumption proposed by Boeckx (2003) who analyzes resumptive pronouns as pronouns stranded …
Analysis of patient language within illness narratives has been helpful to understand how patients view their illnesses and differences in how patients and doctors understand specific illness processes. While substantial work has been done in this area, particularly in the area …
This dissertation discusses retention of Resumptive Pronouns (RPs) in the English Relative Clauses of Hebrew and Arabic speakers; Hebrew and Arabic allow RPs, while English does not. A nineteen-item oral elicitation task and a 70-item written grammaticality judgment task were ad…