One version of the copy theory of movement holds that syntactic traces are full-fledged constituents which undergo a PF-deletion rule. In this paper, I propose a constraint on this rule. The constraint says that the lower copy of a chain can be phonologically deleted only if it ends an XP. I show that this constraint, conjoined with proposals that have been made concerning phrase structure (Chomsky, Bare phrase structure, 1994) and the semantics of NP in classifier languages (Chierchia, Natural Language Semantics 6: 339–405, 1998), explains a variety of facts in Dutch, German, Hebrew, Norwegian, Swedish and Vietnamese.
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Volume 35, Issue 2-3 - A constraint on copy deletion
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedA constraint on copy deletionLicensedOctober 4, 2009
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedDelete: A phase-level propertyLicensedOctober 4, 2009
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedComments on Tue Trinh (2009) A constraint on copy deletionLicensedOctober 4, 2009
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedCommentary: When is a Copy not (a Copy)?LicensedOctober 4, 2009
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedPredicate doubling and VP-topicalisation in GermanLicensedOctober 4, 2009
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedV-movement in affirmative replies and copy deletionLicensedOctober 4, 2009
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedInterpreting the CCD prosodicallyLicensedOctober 4, 2009
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedNotes on partial fronting and copy spell-outLicensedOctober 4, 2009
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedComments on the syntax and prosody of German verbsLicensedOctober 4, 2009
