The subject-in-situ generalization revisited
- The goal of this paper is to re-examine the status of the condition in (1) proposed in Alexiadou and Anagnostopoulou (2001; henceforth A&A 2001), in view of recent developments in syntactic theory. (1) The subject-in-situ generalization (SSG) By Spell-Out, vP can contain only one argument with a structural Case feature. We argue that (1) is a more general condition than previously recognized, and that the domain of its application is parametrized. More specifically, based on a comparison between Indo-European (IE) and Khoisan languages, we argue that (1) supports an interpretation of the EPP as a general principle, and not as a property of T. Viewed this way, the SSG is a condition that forces dislocation of arguments as a consequence of a constraint on Case checking.
Author: | Artemis AlexiadouORCiDGND, Elena AnagnostopoulouORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1108400 |
URL: | http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/000240/current.pdf |
ISBN: | 978-3-11-018872-1 |
ISBN: | 3-11-018872-4 |
ISBN: | 978-3-11-020755-2 |
ISBN: | 3-11-020755-9 |
Editor: | Uli Sauerland, Hans-Martin Gärtner |
Document Type: | Preprint |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2008/09/23 |
Year of first Publication: | 2007 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2008/09/23 |
Tag: | agree; argument dislocation; case; cyclicity; epp; subject inversion; syntax |
GND Keyword: | Khoisan |
Page Number: | 28 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 28 |
Note: | Preprint, erschienen in: Uli Sauerland ; Hans-Martin Gärtner (Hrsg.): Interfaces + recursion = language? : Chomsky's minimalism and the view from syntax semantics, Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2007, Studies in generative grammar ; 89, ISBN: 978-3-11-018872-1, ISBN: 3-11-018872-4, ISBN: 978-3-11-020755-2, ISBN: 3-11-020755-9 |
Source: | http://ling.auf.net/lingBuzz/000240 ; Uli Sauerland, Hans-Martin Gärtner (eds.): Interfaces + recursion = language? : Chomskys minimalism and the view from syntax semantics. - Berlin, 2007, S. 31-60 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 20549398X |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |