The Evolution of Expletives: Theoretical and diachronic perspectives
Edited by Eric Fuß and Benjamin L. Sluckin
Special issue of Evolutionary Linguistic Theory 6:1/2 (2024) v, 243 pp.
Benjamin L. Sluckin
List of John Benjamins publications in which Benjamin L. Sluckin is involved.
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2024 The evolution of expletives The Evolution of Expletives: Theoretical and diachronic perspectives, Fuß, Eric and Benjamin L. Sluckin (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Introduction
2024 The covert perceiver in English locative inversion: An alternative to expletive pro The Evolution of Expletives: Theoretical and diachronic perspectives, Fuß, Eric and Benjamin L. Sluckin (eds.), pp. 192–243 | Article
Locative Inversion (LI) in English is a broad-focus inversion structure in which a spatio-deictic XP seemingly occupies the canonical subject position. An analysis of LI must explain EPP-satisfaction: previous approaches take either a silent expletive pro (Bruening, 2010; Coopmans, 1989; Postal,… read more