LINGUIST List 10.1884

Wed Dec 8 1999

Sum: for Query 10.1801 Complementizers/Update

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

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Neil.Salmond, 2nd Summary: Complementizers

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Message 1: 2nd Summary: Complementizers

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 17:19:41 +0000
From: Neil.Salmond <Neil.Salmonddurham.ac.uk>
Subject: 2nd Summary: Complementizers


Hi all,

I've had a couple more replies to my query since my last summary. Here's the main bits:

Thomas Ernst <ternstindiana.edu> You might ... be interested to look at a 1982 Indiana University dissertation by Evan Smith, "Relative THAT and AS: A Study in Category Change".

Stanley Dubinsky <DUBINSKVM.SC.EDU> Recategorization of prepositions as complementizers (Linguistic Inquiry 26.125-137) by myself and Kemp Williams deals with recategorization of temporal prepositions as complementizers, and brings dialect and historical evidence to bear on the issue.

I must admit that I haven't had the time to follow up all of these sources, but those that I have I have found to be most informative.

Thanks again, - Neil

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