“…this hypothesis has its basis in the extended projection principle (epp) - and its modifications according to the Minimalist program (cf., for instance, Sigurðsson 2007, 2011 nikolaos laVidas and its direct object counterpart principle, the transitivity Requirement (tR) (Roberge 2002and Cummins & Roberge 2004, 2005. 3 according to the epp, a subject position is required in all cases - and can be covered with different mechanisms, for instance, through the verbal agreement; see, among others, alexiadou & anagnostopoulou 1998. the tR claims that an object position is always present, even in the case of an intransitive verb.…”