ABSTRACT
Another change in the syntax of Greek took place in the construction which can be called
Object Raisng and the rule of Object Raising by which it was produced. The construction and the
rule are similar in many respects to Object Deletion, discussed in the previous chapter. In Object
Raising, an object in a sentential subject is raised to become the subject of the matrix trigger
predicate. In Greek up through Medieval times, the object was raised without leaving an overt trace
on the surface in the subordinate clause--in Modem Greek, however, a pronominal copy of the
raised object must be present in the clause out of which the object is raised. Thus the construction
has changed in that a pronoun has become obligatory where it once did not occur, and accordingly,
the rule has changed in its mode of application. From a "chopping" MOVEMENT rule, one which
leaves behind a "punctured" subordinate clause, Object Raising has become a COPYING rule in
Modem Greek, one which leaves the subordinate clause intact with a pronominal copy of the
Raised nominal.
