Backward Binding and the C-T Phase : A Case of Syntactic Haplology
(2012)- Abstract
- The Germanic V2 languages differ from English and Italian in not allowing backward binding. In this paper I have tried to account for this cross-linguistic variation in terms of a recent proposal by Chomsky (2008) that A-chains and A-bar chains should be held strictly apart, and that A-movement and A-bar movement sometimes may take place in parallel. With respect to backward binding, I have claimed that this is a connectivity effect, only possible when we have an A-bar chain. Observing with Cardinaletti (2004) that there are at least two subject positions in front of the verb (disregarding V2), the relevant difference between V2-languages and English and Italian seems to be that these positions are divided between Spec-CP and Spec-TP in V2... (More)
- The Germanic V2 languages differ from English and Italian in not allowing backward binding. In this paper I have tried to account for this cross-linguistic variation in terms of a recent proposal by Chomsky (2008) that A-chains and A-bar chains should be held strictly apart, and that A-movement and A-bar movement sometimes may take place in parallel. With respect to backward binding, I have claimed that this is a connectivity effect, only possible when we have an A-bar chain. Observing with Cardinaletti (2004) that there are at least two subject positions in front of the verb (disregarding V2), the relevant difference between V2-languages and English and Italian seems to be that these positions are divided between Spec-CP and Spec-TP in V2 languages, but not in English/Italian, where both subject positions are in the T/Infl-domain, enabling a kind of syntactic haplology. Thus, English and Italian, but not the Germanic V2-languages, allow backward binding (Less)
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- Platzack, Christer LU
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- Germanic V2, Psych-verbs, Romance, backward binding
- host publication
- Functional Heads : The Cartography of Syntactic Structures, Volume 7
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- Brugé, Laura ; Cardinaletti, Anna ; Giusti, Giuliana and Poletto, Cecilia
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- Oxford University Press
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- scopus:84871652536
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- 978-0-19-974673-6
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- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199746736.003.0015
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- TEJS
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- English
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abstract = {{The Germanic V2 languages differ from English and Italian in not allowing backward binding. In this paper I have tried to account for this cross-linguistic variation in terms of a recent proposal by Chomsky (2008) that A-chains and A-bar chains should be held strictly apart, and that A-movement and A-bar movement sometimes may take place in parallel. With respect to backward binding, I have claimed that this is a connectivity effect, only possible when we have an A-bar chain. Observing with Cardinaletti (2004) that there are at least two subject positions in front of the verb (disregarding V2), the relevant difference between V2-languages and English and Italian seems to be that these positions are divided between Spec-CP and Spec-TP in V2 languages, but not in English/Italian, where both subject positions are in the T/Infl-domain, enabling a kind of syntactic haplology. Thus, English and Italian, but not the Germanic V2-languages, allow backward binding}},
author = {{Platzack, Christer}},
booktitle = {{Functional Heads : The Cartography of Syntactic Structures, Volume 7}},
editor = {{Brugé, Laura and Cardinaletti, Anna and Giusti, Giuliana and Poletto, Cecilia}},
isbn = {{978-0-19-974673-6}},
keywords = {{Germanic V2; Psych-verbs; Romance; backward binding}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{Oxford University Press}},
title = {{Backward Binding and the C-T Phase : A Case of Syntactic Haplology}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199746736.003.0015}},
doi = {{10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199746736.003.0015}},
year = {{2012}},
}