Italian Syntax: A Government-Binding Approach

I: Verb Classes. - I: Intransitive Verbs and Auxiliaries. - 1.0. Introduction. - 1.1. Free Inversion. - 1.2. The Distribution of ne. - 1.3. Ergative Verbs. - 1.4. On the Syntax of ne. - 1.5. Reflexive, Ergative and Inherent-reflexive si. - 1.6. Impersonal si. - 1.6.0. Introduction. - 1.6.1. SI as a Subject Argument. - 1.6.2. Object Preposing. - 1.7. Auxiliary Assignment. - 1.8. Linear Order. - 1.9. Conclusion. - Notes. - 2: The Syntax of Inversion. - 2.0. Introduction. - 2.1. Null Subjects and Cliticization. - 2.2. Null Subjects and Free Inversion. - 2.3. Inversion Relations and Emphatic Pronouns. - 2.4. Residual Questions. - 2.5. Piedmontese ye. - 2.5.0. Introduction. - 2.5.1. Inflectional Clitics. - 2.5.2. Inversion. - 2.5.3. Italian ci. - 2.5.4. Verb Agreement. - 2.5.5. Conclusion. - 2.6. French il. - 2.6.1. Subject Pronouns. - 2.6.2. Il-inversion and Auxiliary Assignment. - 2.6.3. Se moyen. - 2.7. English there. - 2.7. 0. Introduction. - 2.7. 1. 'Be' as a Raising Verb. - 2.7. 2. Inversion with 'be'. - 2.7. 3. Presentational there. - 2.8. Conclusion. - Notes. - 3: on Reconstruction and Other Matters. - 3.0. Introduction. - 3.1. Subject ? -role and Case. - 3.1.1. Minus Accusative. - 3.1.2. Double Objects. - 3.1.3. By-phrases. - 3.2. Past Participial Clauses. - 3.2.0. Introduction. - 3.2.1. English. - 3.2.2. Impersonal Passives. - 3.2.3. Italian sc Relatives. - 3.3. Reconstruction. - 3.3.0. Introduction. - 3.3.1. Each Interpretation. - 3.3.2. Quantifier Scope. - 3.3.3. Reconstruction and the Projection Principle. - Notes. - II: Complex Predicates. - 4: Causative Constructions. - 4.0. Introduction. - 4.1. Faire-Infinitive. - 4.1.0. Introduction. - 4.1.1. Syntactic Derivation. - 4.1.2. Sentential Complement. - 4.1.3. Exceptional Case Marking. - 4.1.4. Cliticization. - 4.1.5. VP-movement. - 4.2. Faire-par. - 4.2.0. Introduction. - 4.2.1. Base-generation. - 4.2.2. Thematic Subject. - 4.2.3. On the 'Transformational' Approach. - 4.3. Similarities between FI and FP. - 4.4. Syntactic Subject. - 4.5. Ergative Complements of fare. - 4.5.0. Introduction. - 4.5.1. Dative and Reflexive Objects. - 4.5.2. Dativized Subjects. - 4.5.3. Further Remarks and Conclusions. - 4.6. FI versus Reconstruction. - 4.7. On Perception Verbs. - 4.8. Conclusion. - Notes. - 5: Restructuring Constructions. - 5.0. Introduction. - 5.1. Syntactic Derivation. - 5.2. Restructuring with andare, venire. - 5.3. Embedded Subject. - 5.4. Similarities between Restructuring and Causative Constructions. - 5.5 Auxiliaries and Past Participle Agreement. - 5.6. Subject Substitution. - 5.7. Auxiliaries in Some Special Cases. - 5.8. More on the Differences between Causative and Restructuring Constructions. - 5.8. 0. Introduction. - 5.8. 1. Subject Substitution versus VP-Complements. - 5.8. 2. Matrix Passives. - 5.8. 3. Prepositional Infinitives. - 5.8. 4. Summary. - 5.9. Conclusion. - Notes. - 6: Reflexives. - 6.0. Introduction. - 6.1. Reflexives and Auxiliary Assignment. - 6.2. Reflexives in Complex Predicates. - 6.3. Reflexives as Lexical Affixes. - 6.3.0. Introduction. - 6.3.1. Ergative and Inherent-reflexive si. - 6.3.2. Inversion and sc Relatives. - 6.3.3. Reflexives under faire. - 6.4. Conclusion 427 Notes. - Closing Remarks. - Index of Names. - Analytical Index.