Showing papers in "Linguistic Inquiry in 1989"

Verb movement, universal grammar and the structure of IP

Abstract: Syntaxe comparative de l'anglais et de l'espagnol dans le cadre de la theorie des barrieres

Compensatory Lengthening in Moraic Phonology

Abstract: Representation phonologique du niveau prosodique, contenant une seule unite correspondant a la notion traditionnelle de more dans un cadre metrique

Passive arguments raised

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to develop and motivate a theory of passive constructions. In this chapter, the authors have outlined the general form of a passive derivation in our theory and commented on a number of matters that arise. We now turn to a more detailed discussion of various aspects of our account. The authors suggest that this argument has properties similar to arbitrary pronoun. This idea on the one hand supports the hypothesis that the argument is a kind of clitic, since clitics generally have pronominal interpretation, and on the other hand allows an account of why the passive argument appears to remain “syntactically inert,” in certain cases. Finally, the authors show the Case-theoretic properties of passive morphemes are the same as those of incorporated noun roots. This final part explores this aspect of the passive construction and its implications for our proposal.

Language - Particular Underspecification : Gengbe /e/ and Yoruba /i/

Abstract: Le probleme pose par la representation de voyelles asymetriques en gengbe et yorouba, la necessite de prendre en compte une specification sous-jacente d'un trait phonetique

Illicit NP Movement: Locality Conditions on Chains? 1985

Abstract: One of the major syntactic discoveries of the early 1970s was that in certain central respects, NP movement obeys the same constraints as the process associating an anaphor with its antecedent. Chomsky (1973) proposed that this fact is simply a special case of the generalization that all rules obey the Tensed-S Condition and the Specified Subject Condition. The significance of such an approach was that it allowed for a great reduction in the descriptive power of transformations, leading ultimately to the current “Move a.” (1) and (2) are representative examples of illicit reflexive binding and movement, respectively.