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Prepositions as Probes

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Abstract In this chapter, I will argue that some prepositions (and, by extension, some postpositions) are probes, in the sense of Chomsky’s (1998, 1999, 2001) recent work. The particular case I will take up here is that of dative prepositions preceding subjects in French (and Italian) causatives. If the conclusion is correct for these, it will carry over to dative prepositions preceding subjects in causatives in other languages, as well as to parallel cases with postpositions.

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