CLAUSAL ARGUMENTS IN IRISH

Abstract

This paper investigates various phenomena related to clausal arguments in Irish, and based on the findings, we claim (i) that Irish grammar should contain a language-particular condition on A′-resumption chains, (ii) that the subject position is not a properly governed position in Irish, (iii) that human language allows a bare IP to function as a subject, and (iv) that the chain pattern (aL, that, RP) turns out to be real in movement constructions with one embedded clause in Irish.