The paper investigates the syntax and semantics of an indirect causative construction, ‘make’ causatives, in Sason Arabic with a focus on the syntax of the embedded structure and the status of the implicit embedded agent. On the basis of several diagnostics, the study demonstrates that ‘make’ embeds an agentive VoiceP, which also manifests an active-passive alternation despite the absence of any morphological reflex. Regarding the nature of the implicit embedded agent, the paper argues that it is present as a free variable à la Heim (1982) generated on the Voice head itself. In so doing, it adds to the ontology of null arguments as well as suggesting that licensing of a grammatical object is dissociated from the projection of a specifier.

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Sason Arabic 中的变量嵌入代理

本文研究了萨松阿拉伯语中间接使役结构“make”使役的句法和语义，重点关注嵌入结构的句法和隐含嵌入代理的状态。在几个诊断的基础上，该研究表明“make”嵌入了一个代理 VoiceP，尽管没有任何形态反射，它也表现出主动-被动交替。关于隐式嵌入代理的性质，本文认为它作为自由变量存在啦啦Heim (1982) 在 Voice head 本身上生成。这样做，它增加了空参数的本体，并建议语法对象的许可与说明符的投影分离。