Movement and Parametric Variation in Syntax

Takano, Yuji

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“…The Derivation of the PDC In this paper, following Takano (1996Takano ( , 1998, I propose that the derivation of the PDC converges in the following fashion. A Theme DP and a Goal PP are base-generated in the Comp and the Spec of VP, respectively.…”

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“…I show that an HNPS sentence such as (4) is also an unmarked construction that involves only the A-movement of the object DP to the "object position," just like the Prepositional Dative Construction (PDC), as shown in (5), in which the Theme DP must precede the Goal PP as a result of the A-movement of the DP across the PP (cf. Takano (1996Takano ( , 1998 b. *John sent to his mother [money].…”

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“…Mikami's (2010) Analysis of the LIC In English, it is generally assumed that a higher copy is pronounced, as is clear from the presence of overt wh-movement. Takano (1996Takano ( , 1998 and Mikami (2010), however, argue that a lower copy can alternatively be pronounced in English if a marked interpretation is necessary for both the LF and PF interfaces. In this subsection, I briefly review Mikami's analysis of the LIC under the copy theory of movement and confirm that the pronunciation of the lower copy enables the capturing of the 'marked' status of stylistic inversion constructions under Miyagawa's (2005Miyagawa's ( , 2007Miyagawa's ( , 2010 5 Chomsky (2004Chomsky ( , 2008 proposes as a natural requirement for efficient computation the no-tampering condition, which states that the Merge of X and Y leaves the two syntactic objects unchanged (Chomsky (2008: 138)).…”

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Heavy Np Shift in English and a-Movement in Subject-Prominent Languages

Mikami

2012

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view that human languages are divided into two types with regard to the way that the requirement of the EPP on T is satisfied, English is a Subject-prominent language. In this type of language, the EPP on T works in tandem with a φ-feature and always triggers the A-movement of an XP that establishes an Agree relation with T through the φ-feature (i.e. a subject DP). Given this parameterization, even 'stylistic inversion' constructions in English, which are considered marked constructions because of their deviant word orders, are proven to be unmarked constructions that involve only this type of A-movement. This paper focuses on a Heavy NP Shift sentence as a case study to argue that Miyagawa's parameterization of the EPP, together with the copy theory of movement, is highly promising with regard to research that examines the universality and diversity of human languages.*

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Heavy Np Shift in English and a-Movement in Subject-Prominent Languages

Mikami

2012

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“…Then, a significant issue emerges as to how our system excludes "vacuous application of scrambling" (Hoji (1985), Takano (1996)) in Japanese. To understand the significance of this issue, let us observe a scopal effect in scrambling: 28 Here, I look upon without as a complementizer, rather than a preposition, that introduces a gerundive clause behind.…”

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Feature Inheritance and Vacuous Movement

Sakamoto

2012

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“…Traces left in governed positions have considerable more freedom in this regard; for instance, the trace left by passivizing the first object of a double object construction can surface in a position higher than its antecedent (as in (44)), but only because it is in a governed position in this configuration. See Müller 1993, Müller and Sternefeld 1993, Müller 1996and Takano 1995, Takano 1996, Takano 2000 for discussion of the conditions governing the distribution of governed traces, and Rizzi 1979 for an evaluation of the relative strictness of the condition that ungoverned traces obey. Whatever is responsible for this fact will correctly block moving the small clause in a double object construction beyond the first object.…”

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Clausal Edges and Their Effects on Scope

Johnson¹

2004

Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

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Clausal edges seem to have an effect on the scopes that arguments residing at those edges can have. In particular, they influence whether an argument may be interpreted at a lowered, or reconstructed, position within the clause. This is probably what is responsible for the difference between (1a) and (1b), which formed the focus for the debate in Stowell 1991 and Williams 1983.(1) a. A linguist seems to be unhappy. b. A linguist seems unhappy.While (1a) allows for a reading in which a linguist is interpreted as part of the clausal complement to seem, (1b) strongly favors the reading in which a linguist has root wide scope. That is, whereas both (1a) and (1b) can be read as statements that ascribe to some linguist or other the appearance of unhappiness, only (1a) can also be understood as a statement about the appearance of unhappy linguists. If we hold constant the idea that the complement of seem is a clause in both these cases, and that a linguist receives its 2-role from within this clause, then the contrast can be described in terms of conditions on reconstructing a linguist into that clause.Heycock 1995 argues that the same sort of contrast emerges in clauses with accusative subjects; (2a) allows only a presuppositional reading for many drugs, whereas (2b) permits a reading in which many drugs gets a weak, cardinal, interpretation.

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Movement and Parametric Variation in Syntax

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Heavy Np Shift in English and a-Movement in Subject-Prominent Languages

Heavy Np Shift in English and a-Movement in Subject-Prominent Languages

Feature Inheritance and Vacuous Movement

Clausal Edges and Their Effects on Scope

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