| Lemma | small clause |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Chomsky (1993) |
| Titolo | Lectures on Government and Binding. The Pisa Lectures |
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| Citazioni | […] "small clause" - a clausal structure lacking INFL and the copula [...] S-bar deletion is obligatory for small clauses, as constrated with infinitives, for which S-bar deletion is a marked option available in English for certain verb types. Putting this observation in a more general form, we have the principle (18): (18) Small clauses are not maximal projections. |