Prepositions as Probes

Richard S. Kayne

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Prepositions as Probes

Richard S. Kayne

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In this chapter, I will argue that some prepositions (and, by extension, some postpositions) are probes, in the sense of Chomsky’s (1998, 1999, 2001) recent work. The particular case I will take up here is that of dative prepositions preceding subjects in French (and Italian) causatives. If the conclusion is correct for these, it will carry over to dative prepositions preceding subjects in causatives in other languages, as well as to parallel cases with postpositions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Structures and beyond
Subtitle of host publication	the Cartography of Syntactic Structures: Volume 3
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	192-212
Number of pages	21
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780197722503
ISBN (Print)	9780195171976
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195171976.003.0006
State	Published - Jan 1 2023

Keywords

dative
postpositions
preceding
preceding prepositions

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General Arts and Humanities
General Social Sciences

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