The defective copy theory of movement : evidence from wh-constructions in Cape Verdean Creole / Nélia Alexandre.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Alexandre, Nélia.

Series:

• Creole language library ; v. 41.
• Creole language library, 0920-9026 ; v. 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cape Verde Creole dialect--Grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Within the framework of Chomsky's Principles and Parameters Theory and the Minimalist Program, this work presents a detailed discussion of the different types of wh-question formation and relativization strategies in Cape Verdean Creole (Santiago variety), especially focusing on wh-movement of PPs. The book explores the Copy Theory of Movement, discussing a defective copy construction involving wh-movement of PPs which poses interesting theoretical questions as to how the defective copy is to be generated and form a chain with the relevant displaced wh-constituent. It is also shown that the de

Contents:

• The Defective Copy Theory of Movement; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1.1. The language under study: Cape Verdean Creole; 1.2. Methodological issues; 1.3. Theoretical framework; 1.4. Outline of the book; Aspects of the syntax of Cape Verdean Creole; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2. Clause functional structure and verb movement; 2.2.1 V-to-T movement in CVC (Baptista 2002); 2.2.2 An almighty TP": absence of V movement in CVC (Pratas 2007); 2.2.3 No verb movement in CVC; 2.3. The pronominal system
• 2.3.1 A tripartite pronominal system 2.3.2 Wh-constituents; 2.3.2.1 Ken/Kenha; 2.3.2.2 Kusé; 2.3.2.3 Kantu/Kal(s); 2.3.2.4 Modi/Pamodi; 2.3.2.5 Undi; 2.3.2.6 Ki N; 2.4. DP structure; 2.4.1 Determiners and Quantifiers; 2.4.2 Relative clauses; 2.5. The complementizer system; 2.5.1 The data; 2.5.1.1 The complementizer di 'of'; 2.5.1.2 The complementizer ki 'that'; 2.5.1.3 The complementizer ma 'that'; 2.5.1.4 The complementizer pa 'for'; 2.5.1.5 The complementizer pamodi 'to/Ø'; 2.5.1.6 The complementizer si 'if'; 2.5.1.7 The complementizer Ø; 2.5.2 The non-Split-CP hypothesis; 2.6. Summary
• Wh-Questions in cape verdean creole 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Wh-Questions with overt wh-movement; 3.2.1 The gap strategy; 3.2.2 The gap strategy with PP pied-piping; 3.2.3 The preposition stranding with a spelled out trace (PSST) strategy; 3.2.4 The P-chopping strategy; 3.3. Wh-Questions without wh-movement; 3.3.1 The resumptive strategy; 3.3.2 In situ wh-questions; 3.4. Towards an analysis of wh-questions in CVC; 3.5. Summary; Restrictive relative clauses in Cape Verdean Creole; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Relativization strategies; 4.2.1 Relativization with A'-movement; 4.2.1.1 The gap strategy
• 4.2.1.2 The preposition stranding with a spelled out trace (PSST) strategy 4.2.1.3 The P-chopping strategy; 4.2.2 Relativization without A'-movement - Resumption; 4.3. The structure of restrictive relative clauses; 4.3.1 The complement-of-N0 analysis (Platzack 2000); 4.3.2 The [DP D0 CP] analysis (Bianchi 1999/2002a); 4.4. Summary; Extensions of the Copy Theory of Movement; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The preposition stranding with a spelled out trace (PSST) strategy; 5.2.1 The nature of the defective copy el; 5.2.1.1 The distribution of el
• 5.2.1.2 The defective copy el is a variable in the narrow syntax 5.2.2 PSST involves wh-movement; 5.2.2.1 Sensitivity to long and successive-cyclic movement; 5.2.2.1.1 Sensitivity to long movement.; 5.2.2.1.2 Sensitivity to successive-cyclic movement.; 5.2.2.2 Rejection of pied-piping and of P-stranding + null gap; 5.2.3 How does the Copy Theory of Movement (Chomsky 1995b) account for PSST?; 5.2.4 How does the Copy + Merge Theory of Movement (Nunes 2004) account for PSST?; 5.2.5 The defective Copy Theory of Movement
• 5.2.5.1 How does the stranding analysis of resumption (Boeckx 2003a) account for PSST?

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

• 9786613592835
• 9781280497605
• 1280497602
• 9789027274892
• 9027274894

OCLC:

780442960