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Antecedent contained deletion in the domain of a raised object
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Hidekazu Tanaka
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May 30, 2014
Abstract
When a verb takes two complements, the first complement, typically an accusative object, c-commands the second complement, and the second complement can host a relative clause containing antecedent contained deletion (ACD). This simple fact, which, upon careful considerations, reveals that English accusative objects raise to a higher position than previously thought. The theoretical claim is that objects raise to check Case to the outer vP-spec. We argue that the v consists of two separate heads, the higher v[acc] and the lower vθ; objects raise to the outer spec of vPθ; and that the verb moves to the head of the higher v[acc].
Published Online: 2014-5-30
Published in Print: 2014-6-1
©2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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