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Two Heads Aren't Always Better than One
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bobaljik, Jonathan David Thráinsson, Höskuldur |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | We propose a novel theory of verb raising in which different surface positions of the finite verb across languages reflect differences in phrase structure in a principled manner. Assuming that the inventory of functional projections dominating VP is not universal (e.g., the presence of Agr-Phrases is a point of parametric variation) current assumptions about locality predict obligatory verb raising in a language with Agr-Phrases, but obligatory V in situ in a simple IP-VP configuration. We predict a correlation with other morpho-syntactic phenomena reflecting the presence/absence of AgrPs: ''extra'' subject and object positions, transitive expletive constructions, multiple infelectional affixes, etc. This prediction is borne out for the VO Germanic languages; for the OV languages we predict the existence of head-final Infl projections. |
| Starting Page | 37 |
| Ending Page | 71 |
| Page Count | 35 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9612.00003 |
| Volume Number | 1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.luisvicente.net/coursematerials/ss13-readings/bobaljik-thrainsson---two-heads-arent-always-better-than-one.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://uni.hi.is/hoski/files/2013/12/Bobaljik_Thrainsson_1998_TWO_HEADS.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/GS304/Artikel%20fuer%20Arbeiten/Bobaljik%20&%20Thrainsson%201998%20Two%20heads.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9612.00003 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
