@inproceedings{7320d6d26b5241abb9f6dc1fd62bcee4,
title = "Pseudo-relatives and their left-periphery",
abstract = "In this article I propose a new analysis of Pseudo-Relative clauses ('PRs') within the Cartographic model (Rizzi 1997 a.o.). Heretofore, the apparently contradictory behaviour of PRs in the syntactic tests used to determine their structure has been very problematic. Based on new data from Italian, I show that PRs are Small Clauses with a ForceP projection. Moreover, I explain the inconsistent results of the syntactic tests by claiming that PRs can be embedded in different syntactic environments. More specifically, they can be inserted as 'bare' Small Clauses into the matrix clause or be part of a bigger structure: i.e., a Complex-DP, a locative adjunction or a 'Larsonian' structure.",
keywords = "Pseudo-relative clauses, perception verbs, predicative constructions, Italian, Romance, Small Clauses, Generative Grammar, Syntax, Cartographic model, Split-CP, syntax, Italian, Romance, complementiser, Small Clauses",
author = "Jan Casalicchio",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1075/rllt.10.02cas",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789027203908 ",
series = "Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory",
publisher = "John Benjamins",
pages = "23----42",
editor = "Ernestina Carrilho and Alexandra Fi{\'e}is and Maria Lobo and Sandra Pereira",
booktitle = "Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory. Selected Papers from 'Going Romance' 28, Lisbon",
address = "Netherlands",
}