Happy is the main lexical predicate here. It takes one argument: an experiencer--John. Tall takes one argument: a theme: Mary. (12) *John is being tall. (13) *Mary is being fond of red roses. (14) ...

Recent lexicalist analyses of predicates expressed by syntactically independent elements, raise central questions concerning the domain in which such complex predicates are composed. Should they be ...

This paper introduces an interesting class of predicates that come in pairs, so-called total and partial predicates. It will be shown that such predicates contribute to an explanation for the weak and ...

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit invalidated CMS’s prohibition on appeals of so-called predicate facts. The appeal before the court, described in greater ...

The recent Supreme Court verdict clarifying various provisions of the PMLA "strengthens" the hands of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as the agency can now attach assets and carry out raids even ...