Empty expletives rejected, unified clause structure gained

y argue against analyses that postulate the existence of empty expletives in German impersonal constructions and clauses as in (1) (1) …dass [IPpro [VPjemand einen Apfel gegessen] hat]. that pro someone an apple eaten has “ … that someone has eaten an apple.” (German; adapted from Vikner 1995, p.189, (44a)) y argue for a unified clause structure for all Germanic languages (in this talk, I will restrict myself mainly to German and the Mainland Scandinavian (MSc) languages) that makes use of (remnant) vP-movement but differs tremendously from remnant vP-movement approaches t