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Freezing in complex prefields

  • Gereon Müller
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Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to provide an analysis of a hitherto undetected freezing effect as it shows up with extraction in complex prefield constructions in German that is compatible with (i) the more general strictly derivational approach to freezing developed in Müller (2014), and (ii) the arguments brought forward in Fanselow (1992), Müller, St. (2005) according to which complex prefields involve single VP constituents rather than multiple movement (and freezing is therefore a priori unexpected).

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to provide an analysis of a hitherto undetected freezing effect as it shows up with extraction in complex prefield constructions in German that is compatible with (i) the more general strictly derivational approach to freezing developed in Müller (2014), and (ii) the arguments brought forward in Fanselow (1992), Müller, St. (2005) according to which complex prefields involve single VP constituents rather than multiple movement (and freezing is therefore a priori unexpected).

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Exploring the concepts of Freezing: Theoretical and empirical perspectives 1
  4. Part I: Theoretical advancement
  5. Criterial Freezing in small clauses and the cartography of copular constructions 29
  6. Freezing Effects in a free-Merge System 66
  7. Freezing in complex prefields 105
  8. Part II: Empirical domains
  9. The Freezing points of the (Dutch) adjectival system 143
  10. Freezing in it-clefts: Movement and focus 195
  11. Criterial Freezing in the syntax of particles 225
  12. Only syntax 264
  13. Freezing and phi-feature agreement: On the role of [PERSON] 284
  14. Freezing, Topic Opacity and Phase-based Cyclicity in Subject Islands 317
  15. Part III: Interface extensions
  16. Freezing: Between grammar and processing 353
  17. Heavy NP shift in context: On the interaction of information structure and subextraction from shifted constituents 387
  18. Freezing as a probabilistic phenomenon 403
  19. An experimental study on freezing and topicalization in English 430
  20. Index 451
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501504266-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Exploring the concepts of Freezing: Theoretical and empirical perspectives 1
  4. Part I: Theoretical advancement
  5. Criterial Freezing in small clauses and the cartography of copular constructions 29
  6. Freezing Effects in a free-Merge System 66
  7. Freezing in complex prefields 105
  8. Part II: Empirical domains
  9. The Freezing points of the (Dutch) adjectival system 143
  10. Freezing in it-clefts: Movement and focus 195
  11. Criterial Freezing in the syntax of particles 225
  12. Only syntax 264
  13. Freezing and phi-feature agreement: On the role of [PERSON] 284
  14. Freezing, Topic Opacity and Phase-based Cyclicity in Subject Islands 317
  15. Part III: Interface extensions
  16. Freezing: Between grammar and processing 353
  17. Heavy NP shift in context: On the interaction of information structure and subextraction from shifted constituents 387
  18. Freezing as a probabilistic phenomenon 403
  19. An experimental study on freezing and topicalization in English 430
  20. Index 451
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