Constraints on Displacement: A phase-based approach (Language Faculty and Beyond)

Table of contents......Page 6
What this book is about......Page 12
What this book is not about......Page 16
Overview......Page 17
Acknowledgments......Page 18
2.1. A taxonomy of constraint types......Page 20
2.2. Local derivational constraints......Page 21
2.3. Local representational constraints......Page 22
2.4. Global constraints......Page 24
2.5. Transderivational constraints......Page 25
2.6. Translocal constraints......Page 36
2.7. Good constraints......Page 39
3.1. The A-over-A Principle......Page 43
3.2. The F-over-F Principle......Page 53
3.3. The Complex NP Constraint......Page 55
3.4. The Sentential Subject Constraint......Page 58
3.5. The Subject Condition......Page 59
3.6. The Wh-Island Condition......Page 60
3.7. The Superiority Condition......Page 61
3.9. The Clause Non-final Incomplete Constituent Constraint......Page 64
3.10. The Post-Sentential Subject Extraction Constraint......Page 67
3.11. The Condition on Extraction Domain......Page 69
3.12. Relativized Minimality......Page 72
3.13. Conclusion......Page 75
2.1. Overview......Page 78
2.2. Empirical arguments against the (G)MLC......Page 79
2.3. Conceptual arguments against the (G)MLC......Page 83
3.2. Problems with the CED......Page 87
3.3. Elementary operations......Page 88
3.4. Spell-out......Page 95
3.5. Freezing......Page 104
3.6. General remarks......Page 116
4.1. Conclusion......Page 117
4.2. Interlude: Islands in HPSG......Page 118
4.3. Outlook......Page 128
1. Introduction......Page 130
2.1. Basic assumptions......Page 131
2.2. All syntactic operations are feature-driven......Page 133
2.3. All phrases are phases......Page 134
2.4. The Edge Feature Condition......Page 137
3.1. Superiority effects in English......Page 143
3.2. Lack of superiority effects in German......Page 147
3.3. Superiority effects with long-distance movement in German......Page 149
3.4. Superiority effects with subject raising in German......Page 150
3.5. Superiority effects with scrambling from wh-XP in German......Page 152
4.1. Long-distance intervention without c-command in German......Page 154
4.2. Clause-bound intervention without c-command in English......Page 158
5.1. Multiple C[•wh•] domains and intervention......Page 160
5.2. D-linking and intervention......Page 162
6.1. (G)MLC vs. PIC......Page 163
6.2. Dominance-based intervention and the PIC-based approach......Page 164
7.2. Core assumptions reconsidered......Page 169
7.3. Some consequences......Page 173
1. Introduction......Page 176
2.2. Operation-inducing features on lexical items are ordered......Page 179
2.3. All phrases are phases......Page 181
2.4. Edge feature insertion......Page 182
3.1. Merge......Page 183
3.2. Agree......Page 190
4.1. Freezing effects......Page 201
4.2. Predictions of the analysis so far......Page 202
4.3. Deriving the Freezing Generalization......Page 206
5.1. Melting effects with scrambling in German......Page 213
5.2. Melting effects with scrambling in Czech......Page 217
5.3. Further issues......Page 219
6.1. Outlook......Page 226
6.2. Core assumptions reconsidered......Page 229
7.1. Background......Page 232
7.2. Pseudo-melting in last-merged complements?......Page 234
7.3. Movement-related morphology......Page 236
7.4. Conclusion......Page 249
1. Introduction......Page 250
2.1. Operator islands without intervention......Page 251
2.3. An optimality-theoretic approach......Page 254
3.1. The Intermediate Step Corollary......Page 256
3.2. Maraudage......Page 257
4. Wh-islands and topic islands......Page 258
5. Analysis: Operator islands as maraudage......Page 260
5.1. Wh-movement from a wh-island......Page 262
5.2. Topicalization from a wh-island......Page 265
5.3. Wh-movement from a topic island......Page 266
5.4. Topicalization from a topic island......Page 269
6.1. Conclusion......Page 270
6.2. Consequences......Page 271
6.3. Extensions......Page 273
1. Introduction......Page 278
2.1. Data......Page 279
2.2. Analyses......Page 280
3. Staudacher\'s (1990) approach......Page 282
4. CED effects: A phase-based approach......Page 286
5. Verb-second by reprojection......Page 289
6.1. Extraction from last-merged clausal complements......Page 297
6.2. Extraction from `dass\' clauses......Page 299
6.3. Extraction from verb-second clauses......Page 301
7.1. Periphrastic verbs forms......Page 303
7.2. Extraposition......Page 304
7.3. Bridge verbs......Page 305
1. Introduction......Page 308
2.1. Data......Page 309
2.2. A standard analysis......Page 312
3. Deletion by phase......Page 313
4.1. Analysis......Page 316
4.2. Extraction from Specv without VP deletion......Page 317
4.3. Extraction from Specv in sluicing constructions......Page 318
4.4. [†] Discharge and the Strict Cycle Condition......Page 319
5.1. Island types......Page 320
5.3. Spreading of [†]......Page 321
Bibliography......Page 326
Index......Page 348