Wh–movement in ancient greek and latin

Abstract

In this article it is pointed out that in Ancient Greek and Latin %-movement functions in a way similar to that in English and in many other modern languages: the same bounding nodes apply, viz. S ' , S and NP, and the landing site is also in COMP. Differences are that "Pied Piping" as well as "Preposition Stranding" are not allowed in the classical languages. A copying rule in the marginal section of the grammar takes care of the few cases where, after %-movement, a relic is left behind in the form of a personal pronoun. Samevatting. In hierdie artikel word aangetoon dat e -s k u i f in Oud-Grieks en Latyn op 'n soortgelyke wyse funksioneer as in Engels en baie ander rnoderne tale. Dieselfde bindingsknope geld, nl. S ' , S en NP en die "landing site" is ook in COMP. 'n Verskil is dat "Pied Piping" en "Preposition stranding" nie in die klassieke tale toegelaat word nie. 'n Kopierende reel in die marginale onderdeel van die qrammatika hanteer die enkele gevalle waar 'n kopie agtergelaat word tydens e-skuif. Since the inception of transformational grammar the phenomenon wh-movement has received considerable attention, and it has continued to play an important role within that framework. It also forms an important part of the latest model in transformational grammar,. viz. that of the Revised Extended Standard Theory, and here not only of the syntactic component, but also of the PF-and LF-components. Within the syntactic component itself %-movement features as a subtype of the more general transformation "Move a and its movements are restricted by general principles on -

Die aard van bydraes van Taalfasette en Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Taalkunde, 1965 tot en met Desember 1999 / The nature of contributions in Taalfasette and South African Journal of Linguistics, 1965 to December 1999

“…Dit impliseer dat die vergelykingskonstruksie 'n WAT-verskuiwingsreël insluit. Ander studies wat streng binne een of ander versie van 'n TG-teorie gedoen is, is H du Toit (1987) (Wh-skuif in Grieks en Latyn), Naude (1991; (verskynsels in Semities, Bybelhebreeus en Kumran-Hebreeus, almal binne 'n beginsel-en parameterbenadering), Khoali (1993) Steyn, 1986), of sy teorie van taalverwerwing (Love, 1990). Aan die anderkant word die nut van die Chomskiaanse raamwerk vir 'n beskrywing van tweedetaalverwerwing deur Makoni (1994) uitgestippel.…”