Factive Adjectives and the Theory of Factivity

apply arg NP arguments clever cog-evaluative cognitive factive cognitive predicates comp-rule complement sentence complex predicate deleted derived direct object discussed disgust dominated by NPs embedded sentence emot-evaluative emotive adjectives emotive obj-comp emotive predicates EQUI evaluative adjectives evaluative obj-comp adjectives fact analysis factive complements factive predicates factive presuppositions factive verbs Falstaff Fred Fred's gerund grammar head noun fact imply infinitive complements inserted Joe's kicked Fido kind Kiparsky and Kiparsky lexical items Linguistic Linguistische logical presuppositions madden main predicate matrix and complement matrix predicates McCawley Neg-raise non-cognitive non-factive NP Joe obj-comp evaluatives obj-comp factive adjectives object complements occur Passive Pred-Raise predicate psych-cause preposition presupposed presuppositions of sentences proposed Pseudo-Cleft psych-predicate punting pure evaluative subj-comp regret resent reverse emotive semantic predicate semantic properties semantic representations sentences containing sentential sold the car speaker presuppositions strings Subj-Form surface structures syntactic tences to-insert Transformational Grammar underlying representation underlying structure UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA