SUBJECT

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The subject of an infinitive, an NP or a small clause is a SUBJECT, as well as INFL (AGR) of a finite clause. This notion of SUBJECT is invoked to entail that AGR of a finite clause creates a governing category, and that NP is a governing category only if it has a subject (e.g. John's story about himself).

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.