On Raising: An Inquiry Into One Rule of English Grammar and Its Theoretical Implications

by Paul M. Postal

Book Overview

For some time it has been generally accepted by students of English grammar that a rule of Raising exists and that it functions to produce derived main clause subjects. Following Rosenbaum's work, it has also been widely accepted that this rule functions in a specified class of cases to derive main clause objects. However, in recent work, Chomsky has rejected the view that there is any Raising rule that produces derived main clause objects. According...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262160579
• ISBN13: 9780262160575
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 432 Pages