This major contribution to modern syntactic theory elaborates a principles-and-parameters framework in which the differences and similarities among languages with respect to WH-questions can be captured. Move α is part of an overall program, initiated by Noam Chomsky, to create a global theory in which the entire transformational component can be reduced to a single process, Move α. Lasnik and Saito are concerned particularly with bounding requirements on movement (Subjacency) and proper government requirements on traces (The Empty Category Principle).The first two chapters present and extend the ideas proposed in the author's earlier article, "On the Nature of Proper Government." Included are detailed discussions of γ-marking, the general rule Affect α, and the definition of proper government, particularly as these relate to WH constructions. The next two chapters propose a modification of Chomsky's Barriers Theory on the basis of a close examination of topicalization and examine the consequences of the modified theory. The discussion extends to restrictions on possible antecedent governors and the implications for quantifier raising and NP-movement of these restrictions. Consequences for Superiority are also considered, and a modified version of this condition is proposed, as is an extension of Chomsky's Uniformity Condition. The final chapter takes up further theoretical issues and alternative approaches.Howard Lasnik is Professor and Mamoru Saito is Associate Professor, both at the University of Connecticut.
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antecedent government obtains, internal constituent effect, constraint against vacuous, nearest binder, subject condition violations, siritagatte iru, antecedent governor, lexical government, sagasite iru, index percolation, intermediate trace, adjunct trace, head government requirement, proper government requirement, offending trace, initial trace, embedded topic, maximal projection, lexical governor, pictures oft, friends oft, matrix scope, projection dominating, position adjoined, postverbal subject Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Representation of (In)definiteness (Current Studies in Linguistics) by Eric J. Reuland in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar (Current Studies in Linguistics) by Ray S. Jackendoff in Front Matter
- An Essay on Stress (Current Studies in Linguistics) by Morris Halle in Front Matter
- Subjects in Japanese and English (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics) by Yoshihisa Kitagawa in Back Matter
- Papers from the Second International Workshop on Japanese Syntax (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes) by William J. Poser in Back Matter
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