Preliminaries |
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PART I Do We Have to Have a There-Insertion Rule? |
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Chapter 1 ES and the There-Insertion Analysis |
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1.2 An Analysis: There-Insertion |
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1.2.1 Synopsis of the Analysis |
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1.2.2 Claims and Advantages |
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1.2.3 Inadequacies of the There-Insertion Analysis |
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Chapter 2 Emonds' Analysis |
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2.1 On the Cases Supporting the Analysis |
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2.1.1 The Semi-modal Restriction |
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2.1.2 The Predicate Restriction |
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2.2 The Passive/Progressive Problem |
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Chapter 3 The PS Hypothesis |
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3.1 Summary of the Analysis |
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3.2.1 The Arguments from Extraction |
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3.2.2 Arguments from Non-existent NP |
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3.2.3 Other Arguments Concerning Passives and Progressives |
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Chapter 4 The Cleft Reduction Hypothesis |
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4.1 Summary of the Analysis |
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4.2 The Relationship of Clefts to ES |
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4.3 The Relationship of Perception Verb Sentences to ES |
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4.4 The Range of Alternatives for the Structure of the Coda |
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Chapter 5 The Loc-Front Proposal |
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5.1 Summary of the Proposal |
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5.2 Evaluation of the Arguments |
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PART II What Can Be Done About It? |
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Chapter 6 Ontological, Locational, and Periphrastic ES |
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6.1 What Do Existential Sentences Mean? |
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6.1.1 The Nature of the Question |
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6.1.1.1 The Extension Problem |
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6.1.1.2 The Intension Problem |
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6.1.1.3 Summary of the Problem |
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6.1.2 "Exist" as a Characteristic Reading of ES |
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6.1.3 The Meaning of "Exist" |
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6.2.2 The Definiteness Restriction |
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6.2.3 The Predicate Restriction |
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6.2.4 Additional Matters Concerning the Quantification Restriction and the Predicate Restriction |
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6.2.5 The Syntax of Locational ES |
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6.2.6 The Problem of Ungrammatical Sources for Ontologicals |
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6.2.7 The Leftmost Be Condition |
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6.2.8 The Semi-modal Restriction |
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6.3 Conclusion to Chapter 6 |
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7.1 Difference between Inside and Outside Verbal ES |
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7.2 On the Nature of the Verbs in IV ES |
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Bibliography |
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