Phase Extension Contours of a theory of the role of head movement in phrasal extraction
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Marcel den Dikken
Abstract
1. The Program
Starting out from the central ingredients of the analysis of the locality restrictions on Predicate Inversion presented in Den Dikken (2006a), in this paper I will lay the foundations for a theory of syntactic locality and the relationship between phrasal extraction and head movement that is predicated on the premises below:
(1) Phase Impenetrability
syntactic relationships (Agree) and processes (Move) are constrained by the Phase Impenetrability Condition (PIC) of Chomsky (2000 et passim): in phase α with head H, the domain is not accessible to operations outside α, only H and its edge are accessible to such operations
(2) Inherent Phase
an inherent phase is a predication (subject–predicate structure)
(3) Phase Extension
syntactic movement of the head H of a phase α up to the head X of the node β dominating α extends the phase up from α to β; α loses its phasehood in the process, and any constituent on the edge of α ends up in the domain of the derived phase β as a result of Phase Extension
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Articles in the same Issue
- Phase Extension Contours of a theory of the role of head movement in phrasal extraction
- Phases and Explanatory Adequacy: Contrasting two programs
- Notes on Phase Extension
- A critique of Phase Extension, with a comparison to Phase Sliding
- Extended phases & beheaded phrases Comments on Marcel den Dikken's ‘Phase Extension’
- Some thoughts on Phase Extension to a single interface
- Predication and escape hatches in Phase Extension Theory
- Property Delay (Remarks on “Phase Extension” by Marcel den Dikken)
- On Phase Extension and head movement
- Phase Extension: A reply
Articles in the same Issue
- Phase Extension Contours of a theory of the role of head movement in phrasal extraction
- Phases and Explanatory Adequacy: Contrasting two programs
- Notes on Phase Extension
- A critique of Phase Extension, with a comparison to Phase Sliding
- Extended phases & beheaded phrases Comments on Marcel den Dikken's ‘Phase Extension’
- Some thoughts on Phase Extension to a single interface
- Predication and escape hatches in Phase Extension Theory
- Property Delay (Remarks on “Phase Extension” by Marcel den Dikken)
- On Phase Extension and head movement
- Phase Extension: A reply
