Difference between revisions of "SEM"
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| + | SEM is always tagged C. | ||
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| + | Every clause containing a SEM complementizer also contains a gap. | ||
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| + | SEM comparatives do not have an introducing P head: they are just CP-CMP, with SEM in C and a gap of the appropriate kind in Spec(CP). Note that this is not the same as the treatment of "as"-comparatives in the [http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/annotation/words.htm#a PPCME2, PPCEME], even though SEM is sometimes translated similarly to English "as". | ||
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When SEM introduces a relative clause, see [[CP-REL]]. | When SEM introduces a relative clause, see [[CP-REL]]. | ||
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(N-D móður-móðir))))))))) | (N-D móður-móðir))))))))) | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
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| + | See also the discussion of SEM in [[CP-CMP]]. | ||
Revision as of 12:07, 19 May 2010
SEM is always tagged C.
Every clause containing a SEM complementizer also contains a gap.
SEM comparatives do not have an introducing P head: they are just CP-CMP, with SEM in C and a gap of the appropriate kind in Spec(CP). Note that this is not the same as the treatment of "as"-comparatives in the PPCME2, PPCEME, even though SEM is sometimes translated similarly to English "as".
When SEM introduces a relative clause, see CP-REL.
When sem means 'as' or 'like', as in sem barn 'as a child' and results in a gapped structure, treat sem as a complementizer that introduces a CP-ADV clause which does not have to contain a subject, cf. the example below:
(IP-SUB (NP-SBJ (PRO-N hann-hann)) (MDDS skyldi-skulu) (NP-OB1 (PRO-D henni-hún)) (VB fylgja-fylgja) (CP-ADV (WADVP-4 0) (C sem-sem) (IP-SUB (ADVP *T*-4) (NP-OB1 (NP-POS (PRO-D sinni-sinn)) (N-D móður-móðir)))))))))
See also the discussion of SEM in CP-CMP.
