On the Existence of Small Clauses in English

The existence of small clauses (NP-Predicate sequence as a constituent) has been rather controversial: there are arguments for and against the postulation of the SC in the English grammar. In this paper, we discuss phenomena where the NP-Predicate sequence forms a constituent and accept the view that English employs the SC as the complement of verbs like imagine, in the absolute construction, the SAl(subject-auxiliary inversion) construction, and so forth.

1. Introduction

2. Arguments for the Small Clauses

3. Arguments Against the Small Gause

4. Nonfinite Sentences as a Constituent

5. Implications: A Construction View

6. Conclusion

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