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Argument features, clausal structure and the computation.

Sigurðsson, Halldor Armann LU (2007) p.121-158
Abstract
This paper claims that case is vP-internally interpretable and that high NP-movement is driven by (minimally) two other ‘forces’: Person checking in a position higher than Tense, and EPP (Fin) checking in a still higher position, ‘Spec,IP’. This is evidenced by ´low’ nominatives, quirky agreement, Stylistic Fronting and expletive-distribution.

Another central claim of the paper is that grammar interprets event features in relation to speech features. In particular, Person drives NP-movement because it computes event participants (cased θ-roles) in relation to speech participants, much as Tense links event time to speech time. As evidenced by both tense interpretation and pronoun interpretation, the finite clause is a Speech... (More)
This paper claims that case is vP-internally interpretable and that high NP-movement is driven by (minimally) two other ‘forces’: Person checking in a position higher than Tense, and EPP (Fin) checking in a still higher position, ‘Spec,IP’. This is evidenced by ´low’ nominatives, quirky agreement, Stylistic Fronting and expletive-distribution.

Another central claim of the paper is that grammar interprets event features in relation to speech features. In particular, Person drives NP-movement because it computes event participants (cased θ-roles) in relation to speech participants, much as Tense links event time to speech time. As evidenced by both tense interpretation and pronoun interpretation, the finite clause is a Speech Phrase, SP, containing syntactic speech features. (Less)
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Argument Structure
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Reuland, Eric ; Bhattacharya, Tanmoy and Spathas, Giorgos
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121 - 158
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
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978 90 272 3372
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English
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Another central claim of the paper is that grammar interprets event features in relation to speech features. In particular, Person drives NP-movement because it computes event participants (cased θ-roles) in relation to speech participants, much as Tense links event time to speech time. As evidenced by both tense interpretation and pronoun interpretation, the finite clause is a Speech Phrase, SP, containing syntactic speech features.}},
  author       = {{Sigurðsson, Halldor Armann}},
  booktitle    = {{Argument Structure}},
  editor       = {{Reuland, Eric and Bhattacharya, Tanmoy and Spathas, Giorgos}},
  isbn         = {{978 90 272 3372}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{121--158}},
  publisher    = {{John Benjamins Publishing Company}},
  title        = {{Argument features, clausal structure and the computation.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5466198/8500094.pdf}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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