Feature-Splitting Internal Merge_Improper Movement, Intervention, and the A A Distinction

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1、Syntax14:2,June2011,122–147DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9612.2010.00149.xFeature-SplittingInternalMerge:ImproperMovement,Intervention,andtheA/A¢DistinctionMikiObataandSamuelDavidEpsteinAbstract.Acentralgoalofthispaperistopresentanewaccountofimproper-movementpheno

2、menabasedonChomskyÕs(2007,2008)phase-basedderivationalapproach.WeclaimthatimpropermovementisexcludedbyvirtueofAgreefailurebetweenamovingelementandafiniteTasaconsequenceof‘‘feature-splitting’’InternalMerge,whichweargueisthemost(oratleastavery)naturalimple

3、mentationofChomskyÕs/-feature-inheritancesystemandRichardsÕs(2007)value–transfer-simultaneityanalysis.Thisanalysishasanumberofempiricalandtheoreticalconsequences:(i)regardingtheexplanationofA¢-opacity/-transparencyinterventioneffects(Rezac2003,Carstens2

4、005);(ii)thepossibleelimination,orreductioninscope,oftheActivityCondition;and(iii)thepossiblecharacterizationofA/A¢-positiontypessolelyintermsofcategorialfeatures.Moreover,weproposethat(iv)thebanonimpropermovementis,infact,notuniversalbutismorphological

5、lyparameterized(atleast)betweenEnglishandtheBantulanguageKilega.1.IntroductionAcentralgoalofthispaperistopresentanewgeneralized,parameterized,andagreement-basedaccountofimproper-movementphenomena(firstdiscussedinChomsky1973),asin(1c)/(2).(1)a.Johnseemsto

6、beintelligent.b.ItseemsthatJohnisintelligent.c.*Johnseems(that)isintelligent.(2)[TPJohn3seems[CP[TP[VPisintelligent]]].AAA′(disallowed)AlthoughMayÕs(1979)ConditionCanalysisandFukuiÕs(1993)ChainUniformityanalysesarebothinsightfulandintrigui

7、ng,theaccountwepresenthereisbasedonlyonderivationalandlocalcomputationsasexemplifiedparticularlyinChomskyÕs1(2007,2008)phase-basedderivationalapproach.ThispaperisarevisedandextendedversionofObata&Epstein2008a.AspectsofthisworkwerepresentedattheCrash-Proo

8、fGrammarconference(February2008),GLOW31(March2008),andWCCFL27(May2008).Wewouldliketothanktheaudiencesatthoseconferencesforinsightfulcommentsandsuggestions.Also,weareverygratefultotwoanonymousSyntaxreviewers,KlausAbels,Christopher