Check Questions

1 What is the definition of government discussed in the chapter? What counts as a barrier and what does not?

2 Explain and exemplify Exceptional Case Marking.

3 What are the different existing views on the status (structure) of Small Clauses?

4 Discuss the properties of unpronounced subjects.

5 What is raising? What motivates raising and what conditions apply to it? What is the landing site of a raised subject? How does it move?

6 List case-motivated movement types.

7 When does a pleonastic subject appear in a structure?

8 What is PRO, how is it distributed and what are its referential properties?

9 What is control?

10 What is the difference between pronominals and anaphors?

11 How can a derived nominal be differentiated from a gerund?