Agreement with (the internal structure of) copies of movement
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Marjo van Koppen
Abstract
This chapter discusses agreement between complementizers and coordinated subjects in Dutch dialects. In the relevant dialects, the complementizer must display agreement with the fi rst conjunct if the coordinated subject remains in [Spec,TP]. However, if the subject is extracted, this agreement morphology on the complementizer leads to an ungrammatical result. Based on this asymmetry between heads of chains and lower copies, the chapter proposes that internal structures of copies left by movement operations are not accessible to the operation Agree. More specifi cally, it is proposed that copies left by movement are reduced in the sense that they only consist of the Φ-feature set of the maximal projection of the moved item. This view of copies therefore provides an alternative account for why the lower copies in constructions with more than one copy phonetically realized must be “reduced” (Nunes 2004).
Abstract
This chapter discusses agreement between complementizers and coordinated subjects in Dutch dialects. In the relevant dialects, the complementizer must display agreement with the fi rst conjunct if the coordinated subject remains in [Spec,TP]. However, if the subject is extracted, this agreement morphology on the complementizer leads to an ungrammatical result. Based on this asymmetry between heads of chains and lower copies, the chapter proposes that internal structures of copies left by movement operations are not accessible to the operation Agree. More specifi cally, it is proposed that copies left by movement are reduced in the sense that they only consist of the Φ-feature set of the maximal projection of the moved item. This view of copies therefore provides an alternative account for why the lower copies in constructions with more than one copy phonetically realized must be “reduced” (Nunes 2004).
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- From trace theory to copy theory 1
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Part I. The copy theory of movement on the PF-side
- The copy theory of movement 13
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Part II. On multiple realization of copies
- Double realization of verbal copies in European Portuguese emphatic affirmation 77
- On fusion and multiple copy spell-out 119
- Verb copying in Mandarin Chinese 151
- Dutch 's-prolepsis as a copying phenomenon 175
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Part III. On lower copy realization
- Free word order and copy theory of movement 219
- Variable pronunciation sites and types of wh -in-situ 249
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Part IV. Further issues
- Cyclic chain reduction 291
- Agreement with (the internal structure of) copies of movement 327
- Pronouns in a Minimalist Setting 351
- Index 387
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- From trace theory to copy theory 1
-
Part I. The copy theory of movement on the PF-side
- The copy theory of movement 13
-
Part II. On multiple realization of copies
- Double realization of verbal copies in European Portuguese emphatic affirmation 77
- On fusion and multiple copy spell-out 119
- Verb copying in Mandarin Chinese 151
- Dutch 's-prolepsis as a copying phenomenon 175
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Part III. On lower copy realization
- Free word order and copy theory of movement 219
- Variable pronunciation sites and types of wh -in-situ 249
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Part IV. Further issues
- Cyclic chain reduction 291
- Agreement with (the internal structure of) copies of movement 327
- Pronouns in a Minimalist Setting 351
- Index 387
