Phases : An essay on cyclicity in syntax / Klaus Abels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abels, Klaus, author.

Series:

Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 543.

Linguistische Arbeiten ; 543

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

vii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]

Summary:

Abels (linguistics, U. of Connecticut) investigates the concept of the phase in minimalist syntax. Focusing on cyclic movement and certain questions connected to it, he investigates the extent to which successive-cyclic movement, partial movement, pied-piping, secondary movement under pied-piping, his own 2003 stranding generalization are amenable to a unifying treatment, and if so what role the notion of a phase might play in such a treatment. He covers successive-cyclic movement; some properties of movement; the theory of cyclicity and phases; feature values and interpretation; the phase heads v, C, P, and the stranding generalization; and adposition stranding. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Introduction 3

1.1 Overview 8

1.2 Theoretical sketch 10

2 On successive-cyclic movement 15

2.1 Introduction 15

2.2 Are movement paths punctuated or uniform? 19

2.2.1 What constitutes a valid argument for punctuated paths? 19

2.2.2 Proposed evidence for punctuated paths (Abels 2003c) 21

2.2.3 Reconstruction in Norwegian 25

2.2.4 Evidence from ellipsis 29

2.2.5 Parasitic gaps (Nissenbaum, 2001) 43

2.2.6 A point of logic: Condition C and scope for binding 47

2.2.7 Conclusion 47

2.3 The edge of CP as a landing site of successive-cyclic movement 49

2.4 Reflection 58

3 Some properties of movement 65

3.1 Introduction 65

3.2 Partial movement 66

3.3 Pied-piping 71

3.4 Secondary movement 76

3.5 Reflection 83

4 The theory of cyclicity and phases 89

4.1 Configurations for feature-sharing 91

4.2 Movement and last resort 105

4.3 Phase impenetrability 112

4.3.1 Phases and sub-numerations 113

4.3.2 Phase impenetrability and islands 117

4.3.3 The stranding generalization 120

4.4 Phase heads and their features 121

4.4.1 Implementing successive cyclicity 122

4.4.2 Morphological parameterization 124

4.4.3 Extraction in Austronesian 135

5 Feature Values and Interpretation 141

5.1 Feature interpretation 141

5.2 Towards a precise formulation 143

5.3 Possible systems based on a single feature: A dry run 146

5.3.1 [uF_↓] probes 147

5.3.2 [uF_↓↑] probes 149

5.3.3 [uF_↑] probes 153

5.4 The generalizations 155

5.4.1 Partial Movement 155

5.4.2 Pied-piping and secondary movement 159

5.5 Wh-movement in various languages 167

5.5.1 Single-Wh-movement languages: English, French, Italian 168

5.5.2 Multiple-Wh-fronting languages 175

5.5.3 Wh-in-situ 179

5.6 Summary 182

6 The phase heads v, C, P and the stranding generalization 183

6.1 VP immobility under v 183

6.1.1 VPs are mobile 183

6.1.2 VPs do not strand v 185

6.2 TP immobility under C 187

6.2.1 TPs do not strand C 187

6.2.2 TPs are mobile 191

6.2.3 The ban on C-stranding, word order, and cartography 193

6.2.4 Is there long TP movement? 198

6.3 DP immobility under P 202

6.3.1 PP pied-piping 204

6.3.2 Subextraction 206

6.4 Conclusion 221

7 On adposition stranding 223

7.1 Trace or null resumptive? 223

7.2 P-stranding in German and Dutch 231

7.2.1 R-words are not pronouns 234

7.2.2 R-words are not complements of P 237

7.2.3 So what are R-words? And where? 240

7.3 P-stranding languages 245

7.3.1 Special clitics as the complement of adpositions 246

7.3.2 Was für split 252

7.3.3 Adposition stranding and D-to-P incorporation 257

7.3.4 The pseudo passive 259

7.3.5 Adposition stranding and verbal particles 263

7.3.6 Implications 268

7.4 Conclusion 269

8 Phases 277

9 Bibliography 279

10 Index 311.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110284058

3110284057

OCLC:

783142394