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NonSpecific Objects in the Pseudopassive: the syntax and semantics of English pseudoincorporated pseudopassives,Used
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This thesis introduces a special form of pseudopassive that differs from previously discussed forms in that it includes a direct object adjacent to the verb. It is shown that the direct object position in this construction is restricted to NPs that lack D(eterminer)level projections. As a result, the direct object can only receive a non specific interpretation, resists certain types of modification, extraction, and scope interactions. These constructions are newly termed pseudo incorporated pseudopassives (PIPPs), foreshadowing the analysis that I come to posit. English PIPPs are compared with similar sentences involving nonspecific objects identified across a variety of languages, and previous analyses of these constructions are discussed. A novel analysis for the English pseudoincorporated pseudopassive is suggested which targets both the syntactic and semantic aspects of this curious utterance.
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