English middles and implicit arguments

• Published in: Glossa (London) Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - 46
• Main Author: Bruening, Benjamin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Open Library of Humanities 04.03.2024; Ubiquity Press
• Subjects: A-movement; Anaphora; binding; English; English language; Grammatical subject; implicit arguments; Language varieties; Logophoricity; middles; Morphosyntax; passives; Predicate; Research Article; Semantic analysis; Semantics; Verbs; English; binding; middles; A-movement; implicit arguments; passives

The proper analysis of English middles (Politicians bribe easily) has always been a matter of debate. I argue that they involve three crucial components: (1) A base-generated subject that is interpreted as the logical internal argument; (2) a logical external argument that is not syntactically proje...