Linguistics 522
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Everything has complements |
Every category can have complements. For example: Have and be are verbs that take special complements, VP complements: |
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Lecture on
German Head Movement.
The analysis
Topic position used:
. This film have the children seen.
Subject is topic:
The children have this film seen.
Aux not present: movement:
On this table sits he not.
Aux present: No movement.
On this table should he not sit.
Embedded clause: no movement:
... that the children the film seen have.
