ABSTRACT
InthischapterIexaminethestatusofthesentence-initialnominal
(underlined)insentenceslike(1-9)belowandarguethattheyare
"subjects".Iwillshowthatwithrespecttothestatementofsyntacticrules,
atheorywhichreliesonsemanticrolessuchas"sourceandgoal","agent",
"experiencer",etc.willfailtoaccountforthebehaviorofthesenominals
acrossdifferentsyntacticrulesandthatthegrammaticalrelationof
"subject"1isneededinordertocapturegeneralizationsabouttheir
behavior.
