Željko Bošković
List of John Benjamins publications in which Željko Bošković is involved.
2025 On (partially) quirky subjects, numeral subjects, and subject-oriented anaphor binding: Nominal and non-nominal subjects and their structural positions Linguistic Variation: Online-First Articles | Article
I examine certain quirky subjects that pass some but not all subjecthood tests, arguing they are PPs, located in a higher subject position than fully quirky subjects and agreeing subjects, in line with Bošković (2024), where non-nominal subjects satisfy the EPP in a higher position than nominal… read more
2016 On second position clitics crosslinguistically Formal Studies in Slovenian Syntax: In honor of Janez Orešnik, Marušič, Franc Lanko and Rok Žaucer (eds.), pp. 23–54 | Article
This paper examines factors that are responsible for the availability of second position clitic systems crosslinguistically based on a variety of unrelated languages, including (but not limited to) Pama-Nyungan, Uto-Aztecan, Iranian, Slavic, and Romance languages. The proposed account has… read more
2007 The copy theory of movement: A view from PF The Copy Theory of Movement, Corver, Norbert and Jairo Nunes (eds.), pp. 13–74 | Chapter
Based on previous work by Bošković (2001, 2002, 2004a,b) and Nunes (1999, 2004), this chapter discusses a considerable amount of evidence involving A-movement, A'-movement, head movement, and remnant movement that points to the conclusion that “traces” (i.e. copies structurally lower in the… read more
2006 Case and agreement with genitive of quantification in Russian Agreement Systems, Boeckx, Cedric (ed.), pp. 99–120 | Article
2004 On the clitic switch in Greek imperatives Balkan Syntax and Semantics, Mišeska Tomić, Olga (ed.), pp. 269–291 | Article
2003 On wh-islands and obligatory wh-movement contexts in South Slavic Multiple Wh-Fronting, Boeckx, Cedric and Kleanthes K. Grohmann (eds.), pp. 27–50 | Article
2001 On the interpretation of multiple questions Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2001, Pica, Pierre (ed.), pp. 1–15 | Article
The paper shows that crosslinguistically, overt movement of a wh-phrase to SpecCP results in the loss of the single-pair interpretation for multiple questions, i.e. it forces the pair-list interpretation. It is shown that the damaging effect of overt movement to SpecCP on the availability of… read more
2000 Second Position Cliticisation: Syntax and/or Phonology? Clitic Phenomena in European Languages, Beukema, Frits and Marcel den Dikken (eds.), pp. 71–120 | Article