Subjects, topics and the accusative case alternation in Finnish. A discourse-related “split” account of the Subject function

• Published in: Lingua Vol. 255; p. 103051
• Main Authors: Ylinärä, Elina, Frascarelli, Mara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Accusative case; Between-subjects design; Clauses; Discourse functions; Discourse grammar; EPP; Extended projection principle; Finnish language; Grammatical agreement; Grammatical case; Grammatical subject; Nominative case; Subject; Syntax; Topic; Topics; Discourse grammar; EPP; Topic; Accusative case; Subject; Nominative case

•Topics […] can occupy a (possibly) unique Topic position above the Subject. (lines 181–182)•An ‘agreeing Subject’ moves from Spec,TP to Spec,SubjP, qualifies as a full Subject. (lines 820–821)•An expletive that is merged in Spec,SubjP exclusively serves for the EPP requirement. (line 826)•the Subje...