The Linearization of Affixes: Evidence from Nuu-chah-nulth (Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory)

Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 6
1.0 Introduction......Page 12
1.1 Theoretical Assumptions......Page 14
1.1.1 Interface Requirements......Page 15
1.1.2 \"Bottom-to-top\" Syntactic Derivation......Page 16
1.1.3 Syntax \"All the Way Down\"......Page 17
1.2.1 Proposal: Local Spell-out......Page 18
1.2.2 Alternative Models for the Timing of Spell-out......Page 21
1.3 Affixal Predicates in Nuu-chah-nulth......Page 24
1.4 Research Context......Page 29
1.4.1 Genetic Affiliations......Page 30
1.4.2 Previous Literature......Page 31
1.4.3 Overview of Word Structure in Nuu-chah-nulth......Page 32
1.4.4 Methodology......Page 34
1.5 Outline of the Book......Page 35
2.0 Introduction......Page 37
2.1 Morpho-phonological Dependency......Page 42
2.2 Linearization is Local......Page 47
2.2.1 Iterativity......Page 50
2.2.2 Modifier Incorporation......Page 53
2.2.3 Coordinated Objects......Page 63
2.3 Insensitivity to Syntactic Category......Page 66
2.4 Absence of LF Effects......Page 68
2.4.1 Discourse Transparency......Page 69
2.4.2 Absence of Scopal Effects......Page 70
2.5 Opacity Effects......Page 71
2.5.1 Opaque DPs and the Bare Nominal Requirement......Page 73
2.5.2 Opaque CPs and \"Restructuring\" Effects......Page 74
2.5.3 Impermeability of Saturated Domains......Page 75
2.6 Conclusion......Page 77
3.0 Introduction......Page 79
3.1 Linearization of Syntactic Terminals......Page 80
3.1.1 A Universal Linearization Scheme?......Page 81
3.1.2 Directionality is Determined at Spell-out......Page 83
3.2 Configurationality......Page 88
3.2.1 Partial Head Marking......Page 89
3.2.2 An Asymmetry in Possessor Raising......Page 91
3.2.3 An Asymmetry in Incorporation......Page 93
3.3 Predicate-initial Word Order......Page 94
3.3.1 Proposal: \"Basic\" Predicate-initial Order (VOS)......Page 97
3.3.2 Evidence for Right-branching Specifiers......Page 100
3.3.3 Evidence Against Verb-raising......Page 101
3.3.4 Evidence Against Raising of Verbal Phrase......Page 104
3.3.5 Implications for the Linearization of Affixal Predicates......Page 106
3.4.1 DP Domain......Page 110
3.4.2 CP Domain......Page 113
3.5 Conclusion......Page 115
4.0 Introduction......Page 116
4.1.1 Basic Structures......Page 118
4.1.2 Transitivization......Page 120
4.1.3 Flexibility in Theta-role Mapping......Page 121
4.1.4 Predicate Inventory......Page 123
4.1.5 Unergatives are Necessarily Non-affixal......Page 124
4.2 Unaccusatives......Page 125
4.2.1 Incorporation......Page 126
4.2.2 Intransitivity in Nuu-chah-nulth......Page 127
4.2.3 Absence of Unergative Affixal Predicates......Page 128
4.2.4 \"Long\" Possessor Raising as a Diagnostic for Unaccusativity......Page 130
4.3 Transitives......Page 138
4.3.1 Incorporation......Page 139
4.3.2 Subject Agreement......Page 141
4.3.3 Possessor Raising......Page 143
4.4 Extended Unaccusatives......Page 145
4.4.1 Locatum Predicates......Page 150
4.4.2 Location Predicates......Page 155
4.5.1 Locatum-type Ditransitives......Page 159
4.5.2 Location-type Ditransitive......Page 161
4.6 Serial Verb Affixation......Page 163
4.7 Conclusion......Page 167
5.0 Introduction......Page 168
5.1.1 Affixal Main Predicates......Page 169
5.1.2 Affixal Auxiliary Predicates......Page 170
5.1.3 Affixal Auxiliaries are Non-thematic......Page 172
5.2 PF Incorporation Occurs Only in Infinitival Environments......Page 178
5.3 Absence of Clausal Morphology......Page 181
5.3.1 No Tense......Page 182
5.3.2 No Person/Mood Agreement......Page 183
5.3.3 No Complementizer......Page 184
5.4 Lack of Clause-boundedness Effects......Page 185
5.4.1 \"Long\" wh-movement......Page 186
5.4.2 \"Long\" Possessor Raising......Page 188
5.5 Conclusion......Page 194
6.1 Summary......Page 196
6.2.1 Spell-out is Strictly Interpretive......Page 198
6.2.2 The Head Movement Question......Page 208
6.2.3 Local Spell-out Creates \"Outside-in\" Dependencies......Page 215
6.3 Typological Implications......Page 219
6.3.1 The Typology of Noun Incorporation......Page 220
6.3.2 The Governing/Restrictive Hypothesis in Wakashan......Page 222
6.3.3 Lexical Suffixation as an Areal Feature of the Pacific Northwest......Page 223
6.4 Conclusion......Page 224
References......Page 226
Appendix......Page 235
Abbreviations......Page 236
D......Page 237
M......Page 238
S......Page 239
W......Page 240