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The theoretical significance of the Latin accusative and infinitive: a reply to Pillinger

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Bernard Comrie
Bernard Comrie
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Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California
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Pillinger (1980) argues that the Latin accusative and infinitive construction provides evidence against some of the current assumptions of Relational Grammar (RG) and, 1to a lesser extent, the Extended Standard Theory (EST). I argue that, even if one accepts Pillinger's analysis of this construction – as I would, perhaps with less diffidence than Pillinger himself – then this analysis is completely neutral with regard to deciding between RG and EST and compatible with either.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , September 1981 , pp. 345 - 349
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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