The copy theory of movement / edited by Norbert Corver, Jairo Nunes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corver, Norbert, 1963-

Nunes, Jairo.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell, 0166-0829 ; v. 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generative grammar.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

vi, 388 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together papers which address issues regarding the copy theory of movement. According to this theory, a trace is a copy of the moved element that is deleted in the phonological component but is available for interpretation at L(ogical) F(orm). Thus far, the bulk of the research on the copy theory has mainly focused on interpretation issues at LF. The consequences of the copy theory for syntactic computation per se and for the syntax-phonology mapping, in particular, have received much less attention in the literature, despite its crucial relevance for the whole architecture of the model. As a contribution to fill this gap, this volume congregates recent work that deals with empirical and conceptual consequences of the copy theory of movement for the inner working of syntactic computations within the Minimalist Program, with special emphasis on the syntax-phonology mapping.

Contents:

The Copy Theory of Movement

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

From trace theory to copy theory

I. The copy theory of movement on the PF side

The copy theory of movement: A view from PF

II. On multiple realization of copies

Double realization of verbal copies in European Portuguese emphatic affirmation

On fusion and multiple copy spell-out: The case of verbal repetition

Verb copying in Mandarin Chinese

Dutch 's-prolepsis as a copying phenomenon

III. On lower copy realization

Free word order and copy theory of movement

Variable pronunciation sites and types of wh -in-situ

IV. Futher issues: cyclicity, accessibility and unavailability of copying

Cyclic chain reduction

Agreement with (the internal structure of) copies of movement

Pronouns in a minimalist setting

Index

The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612152948

9781282152946

1282152947

9789027292308

9027292302

OCLC:

233697004