🚀 go-pugleaf

As the one who started it off, I can only say that my
point was directed toward the case marking and clausal
structure of the construction with two nominals, both in
the dative case, together with an infinitive. From the
standpoint of linguistic theory, I don't think the inclusion
or exclusion of the adverbial (nado) is particularly
significant, at least as far as PSG, GB, Minimalist or
autolexical accounts are concerned. 

Since case marking is directional in GB and its derivatives,
and Russian word order is discourse-based, I just wanted to
see a full and explicit derivation of "mnye pomoch' yemu"
or "mnye nado pomoch' yemu"?

Anyway, that's where all this came from.

Eric Schiller
University of Chicago

For locals: The Department of Linguistics is offering two
courses on Autolexical Theory this year. I will be teaching
an introduction and overview in the fall, and Jerry Sadock
will be applying the framework to the analysis of English in
the Spring. The Minimalist framework and other syntactic
theories will be treated in the year-long syntax seminar,
with the participation of various faculty members.