On the locus and licensing of edge features

Assuming Chomsky’s (2000; 2001) phase-based model, this paper deals with the issue of how the features that trigger successive cyclic A’-movement are lexically encoded and licensed. Modifying and expanding on work by Nunes (2014; 2016a), I argue that UG allows these “edge features” to be lexically h...

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Main Author: Jairo Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2021-04-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/1113