Psych-movement

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Psych-movement is a rule which is similar to passive, in that it moves the object of a psych-verb into subject position, while the former subject appears in a PP:

(i) a  Harry bores me
    b  I am bored with Harry

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Beletti, A. & L. Rizzi 1988. Psych-Verbs and Theta-Theory, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 6, 291-352, .
  • Postal, P. 1971. Cross-over phenomena, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.