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Assessing Unaccusativity and Reflexivity: Using Focus Alternatives to Decide What Gets Which θ-Role
- Linguistic Inquiry
- The MIT Press
- Volume 45, Number 2, Spring 2014
- pp. 305-321
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract
In reflexive constructions, two arguments corefer. This makes it hard to decide which argument bears which θ-role, and consequently to assess whether unaccusativity is involved. A new test is proposed using focus alternatives, which overcomes this difficulty and can also be used to assess reflexivity strength.
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