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Expletive Arguments

Expletive Arguments is a linguistic construct in syntactic theory that designates a placeholder element, typically a pronoun or dummy subject, which occupies a required argument position in a sentence without contributing semantic content, thereby satisfying structural requirements while lacking referential meaning.

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2017–2026

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Expletive Argument

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Projection, heads, and optimality

Jane Grimshaw · Linguistic Inquiry · 1997 · 597 citations

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Scandinavian Stylistic Fronting: How Any Category Can Become an Expletive

Anders Holmberg · Linguistic Inquiry · 2000 · 439 citations

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A–movement and the EPP

Željko Bošković · Syntax · 2002 · 428 citations

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Icelandic case-marked PRO and the licensing of lexical arguments

Halld�r �rmann Sigurdsson · Natural Language & Linguistic Theory · 1991 · 345 citations · Full text

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“Pluringulars”, pronouns and quirky agreement

Marcel den Dikken · The Linguistic Review · 2001 · 344 citations

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Authors

37

  1. CF
    Claudia Felser

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  2. RS
    Richard S. Kayne

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. JG
    Jane Grimshaw

    Brandeis University, United States

    1 publications · 597 citations

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  4. EE
    Elisabet Engdahl

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  5. TT
    Tomoyuki Tanaka

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

26

  1. University of Puget Sound

    Tacoma, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  2. Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia

    Pavia, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  3. University of Pisa

    Pisa, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  6. Universidad de Sevilla

    Seville, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  7. Western University

    London, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    102 citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Linguistic Inquiry

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Lingua

    4 publications · 85 citations

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  3. The Linguistic Review

    3 publications · 370 citations

    3

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  4. Nordic Journal of Linguistics

    NJL · 2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory

    2 publications · 370 citations

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