Stative and Non-Stative Predicates and Sequence-of-tense Phenomena

This paper aims at investigating what semantic interpretation the occurrence of stative and non-statve predicates in the complement clauses of the prepositional attitude verbs make a contribution to, as illustrated in (la-b) and (2a-b). (1) a, John believed that Mary was tired (Ambiguous), b. John believed that Mary walked to school. (2) a. John believes that Mary was sick, b. John believes that Mary is sick.