Objects and Other Subjects

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Overview

   1. Remarks on Grammatical Functions in Transformational Syntax

      • William D. Davies, Stanley Dubinsky

      Pages 1-19

   2. Phrase Structure As a Representation of “Primitive” Grammatical Relations

      • Mark C. Baker

      Pages 21-51

   3. Grammatical Functions, Thematic Roles, and Phrase Structure: Their Underlying Disunity

      • Frederick J. Newmeyer

      Pages 53-75

   4. Is Case Another Name for Grammatical Function? Evidence From Object Asymmetries

      • Alex Alsina

      Pages 77-102

3. Objects

   1. Subjects, Objects, and the EPP

      • Howard Lasnik

      Pages 103-121

   2. Derived Objects in Malagasy

      • Lisa Demena Travis

      Pages 123-155

4. Subjects

   1. The Distribution of Subject Properties in Irish

      • James Mccloskey

      Pages 157-192

   2. The EPP in Spanish

      • Grant Goodall

      Pages 193-223

   3. On Predication and the Status of Subjects in Niuean

      • Diane Massam

      Pages 225-246

   4. Functional Architecture and the Distribution of Subject Properties

      • William D. Davies, Stanley Dubinsky

      Pages 247-279

5. Back Matter

   Pages 281-307

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The papers in this volume examine the current role of grammatical functions in transformational syntax in two ways: (i) through largely theoretical considerations of their status, and (ii) through detailed analyses for a wide variety of languages. Taken together the chapters in this volume present a comprehensive view of how transformational syntax characterizes the elusive but often useful notions of subject and object, examining how subject and object properties are distributed among various functional projections, converging sometimes in particular languages.

• Index
• Syntax
• object
• present
• subject
• literary diction

• University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

  William D. Davies

• University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

  Stanley Dubinsky

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