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As noted by Napoli (1988), there are two kinds of expletive it, namely the extraposition it (EXT-it) and the raising it (R-it). The expletive construction accompanying EXT-it and the one with R-it behave differently with respect to some syntactic phenomena. They are the extraction of a wh-phrase from the clausal argument, controlling the PRO subject in an adjunct infinitival clause, the possibility of serving as a small clause complement, and the mobility of the clausal argument to subject position. To provide a reasonable analysis for the two expletive constructions in question, this paper proposes that in the expletive construction accompanying EXT-it the expletive is merged in the specifier of the clausal argument and then moves to the matrix [Spec, TP], whereas the expletive is merged directly in the matrix [Spec, TP] in the expletive construction with R-it. The syntactic differences between the two expletive constructions in question are successfully accounted for under this paper’s proposal with minor adoption of some relevant syntactic mechanisms. The cannonical expletive construction accompanying EXT-it may be led by R-it when the clausal argument is introduced by a wh-phrase, but this problematic case is explained under the assumption that the EPP feature of C must be checked off by a lexical item bearing the same value with respect to [±wh] feature.

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I. Introduction
II. Syntactic Differences Between the Two Types of Expletive Construction
III. A Proposal
IV. Explaining the Empirical Facts
1. The Extraction of a Wh-Phrase from the Clausal Argument
2. Control of the PRO Subject in an Adjunct Infinitival Clause
3. The Possibility of Serving as a Small Clause Complement
4. The Mobility of the Clausal Argument to Subject Position
V. Further Discussion
VI. Concluding Remarks
Works Cited
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• Lee, Chang-Su [ U1 University ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810