Comments on Object Shift and Cyclic Linearization

Peter Sells

doi:10.1515/thli.2005.31.1-2.185

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Comments on Object Shift and Cyclic Linearization

Peter Sells

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From the journal Theoretical Linguistics Volume 31 Issue 1-2

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In this short review I address certain issues and predictions that arise from the position papers by Erteschik-Shir, and by Fox and Pesetsky. The two proposed analyses are radically different, so I have made no attempt to relate them in terms of their properties. In section 1 I discuss some underlying issues in the architecture of grammar assumed by Erteschik-Shir, and in section 2 I evaluate some of the predictions generated by Fox and Pesetsky’s approach. In section 3 I draw some more general conclusions about what consequences Object Shift shows us concerning the organization of grammar, and the nature of grammatical principles. While my remarks mainly address problems or drawbacks that I see with the proposals in the two position papers, they both offer a stimulating account of OS and explore the wider implications of the natures of their enterprises, and deserve fuller consideration beyond the present venue, consideration that they will surely receive.

Published Online: 2005-07-27

Published in Print: 2005-05-20

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