Outlines an analysis that seeks to show that the differences between English restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses can be analyzed within the Government-Binding Theory, argues against the assumption that only nominals can be subjects, and argues that the assumption that Spec-Head agreement applies within CP, which plays an important role in one…

Considers how some of the central features of Welsh can be accommodated within the Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG). HPSG is a framework developed over the last few years that seeks to combine the insights of generalized phrase structure, grammar, categorical grammar, and other theories. (22 references) (Author/VWL)

A discussion of passives in the context of generalized phrase structure grammar (GPSG) looks at two problems associated with a lexical rule that derives passive participles from active verbs. The first occurs with sentences whose main verb takes an NP and does not have a passive counterpart. This situation requires a more restrictive metarule, and…