Jaume Solà i Pujols - Departament de Filologia Catalana ...

I wish to express my gratitude to the following people (lists are in alphabetical order -first
names count):
Gemma Rigau, who as the director has always supported and encouraged me even when I felt
like throwing my thesis into the basket of hopeless linguistic vocations.
Joana Rosselló, who first aroused my interest for generative linguistics and has always been
open to discussion and help.
Linguists from the Grup de Gramàtica Teòrica in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
who have offered comments, data, information and support in seminars and corridors: Albert
Branchadell, Anna Bartra, Carme Picallo, Enric Vallduví, Francesc Roca, Jeff Runner, Joan
Mascaró, Josep Maria Brucart, Josep Quer, Lluïsa Hernanz, Mireia Llinàs, Núria Martí.
Linguists from the Un. of Geneva, where I wrote a pre-version of this thesis in an excellent
atmosphere of discussion: Anna Cardinaletti, Cristina Figueiredo, Ian Roberts, Luigi Rizzi,
Robin Clark, Tali Siloni, Teresa Guasti.
Linguists who had the patience to answer letters, E-mail messages or rush annoying
questions: Alain Rouveret, Anne Zribi-Hertz, Elisabet Nebot, Giovanni Albertocchi, Giuseppe
Longobardi, Hagit Borer, Hálldor A. Sigurdhsson, Isabel Herrero, Joana Louro, Kjel Åke
Gunnarson, Lea Nash-Haran, Liliane Haegeman, Patrick Sauzet, Sabine Iatridou, Sten Vikner,
Tali Siloni, Ur Shlonsky, Virginia Motapayane.
Friends I tortured by abusing them as subjects with unbelievable questions about what they
never would have thought was possibly their language: Luigi Giuliani, Michael Laurence, Pilar
Pedraza.
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