Crossing and stranding at edges: On intermediate stranding and phase theory
This paper investigates the distribution of stranding in intermediate positions under A′-movement, which I show obeys a cross-linguistically robust word order generalization: leftward movement of a phrase 'α' can only intermediately strand an element 'β' if 'β' can be o...
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doaj-9fc64afe021c4683a8bad1977ef417532021-09-02T13:21:58ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesGlossa2397-18352020-02-015110.5334/gjgl.854465Crossing and stranding at edges: On intermediate stranding and phase theoryColin Davis0MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Cambridge, MAThis paper investigates the distribution of stranding in intermediate positions under A′-movement, which I show obeys a cross-linguistically robust word order generalization: leftward movement of a phrase 'α' can only intermediately strand an element 'β' if 'β' can be ordered rightward of 'α' before stranding occurs. I argue that this generalization emerges naturally from the Cyclic Linearization theory of spell-out, and its interaction with independently supported constraints on movement in syntax. I go on to consider some reasons why a particular position may or may not be a viable location for stranded material.https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/854intermediate strandingsuccessive-cyclicityphasescyclic linearization |
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Crossing and stranding at edges: On intermediate stranding and phase theory |
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Crossing and stranding at edges: On intermediate stranding and phase theory |
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Crossing and stranding at edges: On intermediate stranding and phase theory |
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Crossing and stranding at edges: On intermediate stranding and phase theory |
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Crossing and stranding at edges: On intermediate stranding and phase theory |
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crossing and stranding at edges: on intermediate stranding and phase theory |
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This paper investigates the distribution of stranding in intermediate positions under A′-movement, which I show obeys a cross-linguistically robust word order generalization: leftward movement of a phrase 'α' can only intermediately strand an element 'β' if 'β' can be ordered rightward of 'α' before stranding occurs. I argue that this generalization emerges naturally from the Cyclic Linearization theory of spell-out, and its interaction with independently supported constraints on movement in syntax. I go on to consider some reasons why a particular position may or may not be a viable location for stranded material. |
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intermediate stranding successive-cyclicity phases cyclic linearization |
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