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SUMMARY:'The Dual A/A-bar Nature of Discourse Triggered Raising-to-Object:
  Evidence from Romanian' - Prof. Gabriela Alboiu\, York University (Canada
 )
DTSTART:20120522T170000Z
DTEND:20120522T180000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Ioanna Sitaridou
DESCRIPTION:This talk discusses properties of Romanian constructions with 
 matrix knowledge and perception verbs selecting finite phasal CPs (i.e. th
 at-indicatives and indicative indirect questions)\, in which the subject o
 f the embedded clause\nsurfaces as an ACC DP in the matrix clause under sp
 ecific evaluative semantics.\nBased on movement properties and linearizati
 on\, it is argued that the DP in RtoO\nundergoes A-bar movement across the
  complement CP to the highest specifier of\nthe matrix v*P. Given that\, i
 n these contexts\, the embedded subject is probed\nby both [uTop] and [uph
 i/ACC]\, simultaneous A and A-bar effects obtain. More\nspecifically\, bot
 h ACC lexicalization and the option of binding the main clause\nsubject wo
 uld indicate A-movement\, whereas reconstruction effects\, absence of\npas
 sivization and of bare quantifiers indicate A-bar movement. The paper at\n
 once contributes to the theoretical debate on cross-linguistic ECM/RtoO an
 d to\na more fine-grained understanding of evidential systems.
LOCATION: Old Hall\, Queens' College
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