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in Spec of INFL) and the indefinite is assigned Partitive. The two Cases do not conflict according
to 0 if Partitive is an inherent Case:
(26) There arrived a man
- null- expletive/Nominative (free subject inversion): the null expletive is assigned
Nominative, but, since it does not require Case, Nominative can be transmitted to the inverted
Subject:
(27) pro Lo farà Gianni
2.4. Problems
it-will-do Gianni
The above theory crucially relies on a theory of expletives. In the next section, I will
consider Binding Theory facts which appear to undermine such an approach. I will contend that
some generalizations are not expressed by the preceding theory. Let us see, for the moment,
some more immediate problems.
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