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Rightward movement, EPP and specifiers

Evidence from Uyghur and Khalkha
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Rightward Movement in a Comparative Perspective
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Abstract

This study investigates whether rightward movement can be an option for the derivation of postverbal constituents. By focusing on two lesser-studied members of the Altaic group, namely Uyghur and Khalkha, we will show that the derivation of postverbal constituents is not a cross-linguistically uniform phenomenon. Postverbal constituents in Uyghur behave fully in parallel to leftward scrambled elements, thus, their derivation requires rightward movement. Postverbal elements in Khalkha, on the other hand, are not parts of the sentence they adjoin to but belong to a second sentence, which is subject to phonological deletion under identity to the first sentence. We will further argue that the reason for this asymmetry follows from the parametric nature of EPP effects observed in both languages.

Abstract

This study investigates whether rightward movement can be an option for the derivation of postverbal constituents. By focusing on two lesser-studied members of the Altaic group, namely Uyghur and Khalkha, we will show that the derivation of postverbal constituents is not a cross-linguistically uniform phenomenon. Postverbal constituents in Uyghur behave fully in parallel to leftward scrambled elements, thus, their derivation requires rightward movement. Postverbal elements in Khalkha, on the other hand, are not parts of the sentence they adjoin to but belong to a second sentence, which is subject to phonological deletion under identity to the first sentence. We will further argue that the reason for this asymmetry follows from the parametric nature of EPP effects observed in both languages.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Introduction by the editors 1
  4. Part I. Empirical perspective
  5. Constraints on intra- and extraposition 63
  6. Subclausal locality constraints on relative clause extraposition 99
  7. Constraints on relative clause extraposition in English 145
  8. Part II. The Minimalist Perspective
  9. Rightward movement, EPP and specifiers 175
  10. Neglected cases of rightward movement 211
  11. Rightward movement from a different perspective 243
  12. Cumulative rightward processes 281
  13. Part III. Other Theoretical Perspectives
  14. A dynamic perspective on left-right asymmetries 321
  15. On the locality of complement clause and relative clause extraposition 369
  16. Part IV. The Prosodic Perspective
  17. Extraposition of defocused and light PPs in English 399
  18. Prosodic constraints on extraposition in German 439
  19. Index 473
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.200.07ozt

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Introduction by the editors 1
  4. Part I. Empirical perspective
  5. Constraints on intra- and extraposition 63
  6. Subclausal locality constraints on relative clause extraposition 99
  7. Constraints on relative clause extraposition in English 145
  8. Part II. The Minimalist Perspective
  9. Rightward movement, EPP and specifiers 175
  10. Neglected cases of rightward movement 211
  11. Rightward movement from a different perspective 243
  12. Cumulative rightward processes 281
  13. Part III. Other Theoretical Perspectives
  14. A dynamic perspective on left-right asymmetries 321
  15. On the locality of complement clause and relative clause extraposition 369
  16. Part IV. The Prosodic Perspective
  17. Extraposition of defocused and light PPs in English 399
  18. Prosodic constraints on extraposition in German 439
  19. Index 473
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