ConSOLE 20 2012 • University of Leipzig

A theta-theoretic account of the distribution of sentential complements. The case of Russian čto-clauses

Mikhail Knyazev

Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS

misha.knjazev@gmail.com
čto-clausesRussianThematic structure alternationsTheta-theoretic account

Abstract

In this paper I show that thematic structure alternations (agentive/nonagentive subject alternation and animate/inanimate object alternation) affect realization of a sentential complement. I present a theta-theoretic account of these effects based on Reinhart’s (2002) Theta system and its extensions proposed by Marelj (2004). The main intuition behind the proposed account is that a sentential complement is blocked whenever it is thematically indistinguishable from any of its co-arguments.

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Mikhail Knyazev (2012). a theta-theoretic account of the distribution of sentential complements. the case of russian čto-clauses. In Proceedings of ConSOLE 20, edited by Enrico Boone, Martin Kohlberger, Maartje Schulpen, (pp. 105-129).

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@inproceedings{Knyazev-čtoclauses-2013, title={A theta-theoretic account of the distribution of sentential complements. The case of Russian čto-clauses}, author={Mikhail Knyazev}, booktitle={Proceedings of ConSOLE 20}, year={2012}, pages={105-129}, editor={Enrico Boone and Martin Kohlberger and Maartje Schulpen} }

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