Be careful how you use the left periphery
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Liliane Haegeman
Abstract
The paper evaluates two left-peripheral analyses of gapping: one cartographic analysis, and a second Minimalist analysis, which aligns the left-peripheral movement of gapping with fronting for contrastive effects. It is shown that there are similar problems for both these analyses, in particular the movements postulated for gapping diverge quite strongly from other well-established information structure driven movements. The final section of the paper shows that an analysis according to which the movement for gapping targets a vP related periphery may overcome at least some of the problems that this paper raises.
Abstract
The paper evaluates two left-peripheral analyses of gapping: one cartographic analysis, and a second Minimalist analysis, which aligns the left-peripheral movement of gapping with fronting for contrastive effects. It is shown that there are similar problems for both these analyses, in particular the movements postulated for gapping diverge quite strongly from other well-established information structure driven movements. The final section of the paper shows that an analysis according to which the movement for gapping targets a vP related periphery may overcome at least some of the problems that this paper raises.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction xi
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PART I. The Architecture of the Computational Component
- Problems of projection 3
- Notes on labeling and subject positions 17
- On a PP/DP asymmetry in extraction 47
- Augmentative, pejorative, diminutive and endearing heads in the extended nominal projection 67
- A note on parallels between agreement and intervention 83
- Locality effects in Italian verbal morphology 97
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PART II. The Realization of Structure Relative to Discourse and Referential Dependencies: Focus, the vP periphery, and pronominal reference
- Be careful how you use the left periphery 135
- Exhaustivity operators and fronted focus in Italian 163
- Some notes on clefting and fronting 181
- A case of focal adverb preposing in French 209
- Transferring strategies and the nature of transfer 237
- Resolving pronominal anaphora in real-time 257
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PART III. Complex clauses in linguistic theory and acquisition: The role of intervention
- On the comprehension and production of passive sentences and relative clauses by Italian university students with dyslexia 279
- Relatively easy relatives 303
- Intervention effects in the spontaneous production of relative clauses in (a)typical language development of French children and adolescents 321
- Minimality effects in children’s passives 343
- Subject intervention in free relatives 369
- Relative clauses in Cimbrian 393
- Index 417
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction xi
-
PART I. The Architecture of the Computational Component
- Problems of projection 3
- Notes on labeling and subject positions 17
- On a PP/DP asymmetry in extraction 47
- Augmentative, pejorative, diminutive and endearing heads in the extended nominal projection 67
- A note on parallels between agreement and intervention 83
- Locality effects in Italian verbal morphology 97
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PART II. The Realization of Structure Relative to Discourse and Referential Dependencies: Focus, the vP periphery, and pronominal reference
- Be careful how you use the left periphery 135
- Exhaustivity operators and fronted focus in Italian 163
- Some notes on clefting and fronting 181
- A case of focal adverb preposing in French 209
- Transferring strategies and the nature of transfer 237
- Resolving pronominal anaphora in real-time 257
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PART III. Complex clauses in linguistic theory and acquisition: The role of intervention
- On the comprehension and production of passive sentences and relative clauses by Italian university students with dyslexia 279
- Relatively easy relatives 303
- Intervention effects in the spontaneous production of relative clauses in (a)typical language development of French children and adolescents 321
- Minimality effects in children’s passives 343
- Subject intervention in free relatives 369
- Relative clauses in Cimbrian 393
- Index 417
