A new phase-theoretical account of genitive case in Polish

What is it about?

The paper discusses a puzzling case of the genitive case-marking of the subject of a negated existential-locative sentence.

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Why is it important?

The paper offers a detailed discussion of the genitive vs. nominative case marking on the subject of negated existential-locative sentences. It discusses syntactic, semantic and information structure properties of the respective constructions. The paper addresses the question of the nature of this problematic case marking and proposes a new syntactic (phase-theoretical) account.