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Revision as of 11:45, 28 June 2021
Subject Clauses
That- and whether-clauses can also act as subjects:
1. That Lilly disappeared sucks
2. Whether Lilly disappeared is unknown
There is an important difference to the case when clauses appear in object functions: in subject function, the complementizer is always obligatory, as the following sentences show:
3. *Lilly disappeared sucks
4. *Lilly disappeared is unknown
And, of course, the complementizers are still bound to their clause types:
5. *Whether Lilly disappeared sucks
6. *That Lilly disappeared is unknown
Exercise 8b.1
- Go to https://xlfg.labri.fr/.
- Open your latest grammar.
- Add the sentences above to your test items.
- Change the grammar so that it makes the correct predictions for all test items.
Your grammar should yield the following Argument Structure for sentence (1):
Your grammar should yield the following Argument Structure for sentence (2):
Notes:
a. treat is as a verb which combines with a COMP and an OBJ.
b. treat unknown as an adjective.