Cyclic Linearization and its interaction with other aspects of grammar: a reply
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Danny Fox
Abstract
Our proposal is concerned with the relation between an aspect of phonology (linearization) and syntax. In the picture that we had in mind, the syntax is autonomous – ‘‘it does what it does’’ – but sometimes the result maps to an unusable phonological representation. In this sense, linearization acts logically as a filter on derivations. We know of no evidence that the syntax can predict which syntactic objects will be usable by the phonology, and we know of no clear evidence that the phonology communicates this information to the syntax. In this sense, our proposal fits squarely into the tradition that Svenonius characterizes as the ‘‘mainstream’’. We thus attempted to identify certain deviant configurations that are not plausibly excluded for syntax-internal reasons, but are filtered out in the linearization process.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Cyclic Linearization of Syntactic Structure
- Sound Patterns of Syntax: Object Shift
- Holmberg’s Generalization and Cyclic Linearization. Remarks on Fox and Pesetsky
- Re: CycLin and the role of PF in Object Shift
- Some Remarks on Fox and Pesetsky: ‘‘Cyclic Linearization of Syntactic Structure’’
- Comments on Erteschik-Shir’s article
- Linearization in two ways
- Remarks on cyclic linearization and order preservation
- Some notes on cyclic linearization
- Comments on Object Shift and Cyclic Linearization
- Object Shift and linearization at the PF interface
- How Phonological is Object Shift?
- A Note on ‘‘Cyclic Linearization’’
- Cyclic Linearization and its interaction with other aspects of grammar: a reply
- What is Syntax?
Articles in the same Issue
- Cyclic Linearization of Syntactic Structure
- Sound Patterns of Syntax: Object Shift
- Holmberg’s Generalization and Cyclic Linearization. Remarks on Fox and Pesetsky
- Re: CycLin and the role of PF in Object Shift
- Some Remarks on Fox and Pesetsky: ‘‘Cyclic Linearization of Syntactic Structure’’
- Comments on Erteschik-Shir’s article
- Linearization in two ways
- Remarks on cyclic linearization and order preservation
- Some notes on cyclic linearization
- Comments on Object Shift and Cyclic Linearization
- Object Shift and linearization at the PF interface
- How Phonological is Object Shift?
- A Note on ‘‘Cyclic Linearization’’
- Cyclic Linearization and its interaction with other aspects of grammar: a reply
- What is Syntax?
