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The crisis of socialism in Europe : Searching for a (really) big idea (1993)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (1993). The crisis of socialism in Europe : Searching for a (really) big idea. West European Politics, 16(3), 413-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389308424982

This Review Article reviews a number of books which are a product of the collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe in 1989. The article evaluates the impact of the revolutions in central and eastern Europe not only on the regimes themselves... Read More about The crisis of socialism in Europe : Searching for a (really) big idea.

On the syntactic derivation of negative sentence adverbials (1993)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (1993). On the syntactic derivation of negative sentence adverbials. Journal of French Language Studies, 3(1), 39-69. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095926950000034X

We consider recent Government-Binding work on sentential negation, e.g. by Pollock, and evaluate a fundamental assumption made about the syntax of negative clauses. While accepting that ne is generated as the head of NegP, we reject the dual claim t... Read More about On the syntactic derivation of negative sentence adverbials.

On the syntactic derivation of negative sentence adverbials (1993)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (1993). On the syntactic derivation of negative sentence adverbials. Journal of French Language Studies, 3(1), 39-69. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095926950000034X

We consider recent Government-Binding work on sentential negation, e.g. by Pollock, and evaluate a fundamental assumption made about the syntax of negative clauses. While accepting that ne is generated as the head of NegP, we reject the dual claim t... Read More about On the syntactic derivation of negative sentence adverbials.

Review of Karine Baschung (1991) Grammaires d’unification à traits et contrôle des infinitives en français. (Langues naturelles et traitement de l’information, vol. 2. Clermont–Ferrand: Adosa.) (1993)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (1993). Review of Karine Baschung (1991) Grammaires d’unification à traits et contrôle des infinitives en français. (Langues naturelles et traitement de l’information, vol. 2. Clermont–Ferrand: Adosa.). Journal of French Language Studies, 3(1), 107-108. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959269500000375

Review of Karine Baschung (1991) Grammaires d’unification à traits et contrôle des infinitives en français. (Langues naturelles et traitement de l’information, vol. 2. Clermont–Ferrand: Adosa.) (1993)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (1993). Review of Karine Baschung (1991) Grammaires d’unification à traits et contrôle des infinitives en français. (Langues naturelles et traitement de l’information, vol. 2. Clermont–Ferrand: Adosa.). Journal of French Language Studies, 3(1), 107-108. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959269500000375

Remarks on sentential negation in French (1993)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (1993). Remarks on sentential negation in French. Catalan working papers in linguistics, 3(1), 153-169

The goal of this article is to present a brief overview of the main arguments used (i.e., in Rowlett 1992a/b, 1993a/b/c) to cast doubt on an aspect of Pollock's (1989) analysis of sentential negation in French, namely his claim that the element pas... Read More about Remarks on sentential negation in French.

Remarks on sentential negation in French (1993)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (1993). Remarks on sentential negation in French. Catalan working papers in linguistics, 3(1), 153-169

The goal of this article is to present a brief overview of the main arguments used (i.e., in Rowlett 1992a/b, 1993a/b/c) to cast doubt on an aspect of Pollock's (1989) analysis of sentential negation in French, namely his claim that the element pas... Read More about Remarks on sentential negation in French.

Pas de deux: further thoughts on the syntax of sentential negation in French (1993)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (1993). Pas de deux: further thoughts on the syntax of sentential negation in French

This article supports earlier work by arguing that French negative pas functions as the specifier of NegP at S-structure (at the earliest) rather than at D-structure, as proposed in Pollock's (1989) original formulation of the NegP hypothesis. After... Read More about Pas de deux: further thoughts on the syntax of sentential negation in French.