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The Raising of Predicates: Predicative Noun Phrases and the Theory of Clause Structure
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The Raising of Predicates: Predicative Noun Phrases and the Theory of Clause Structure

One of the basic premises of the theory of syntax is that clause structures can be minimally identified as containing a verb phrase, playing the role of predicate, and a noun phrase, playing the role of subject. In this study Andrea Moro identifies a new category of copular sentences, namely inverse copular sentences, where the predicative noun phrase occupies the position that is canonically reserved for subjects.

 
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