: Klaus Abels
: Phases An essay on cyclicity in syntax
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110284225
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< >The minimalist notion of a phase has often been investigated with a view to the interfaces between syntax and the syntax-external systems. The current volume provides a syntax-internal perspective on phases. If the phase is fundamental to the theory, it should provide the foundation for a unifying treatment of different syntactic phenomena. This book concentrates on displacement and claims that the concept of the phase allows a unifying treatment of successive cyclicity, pied-piping, secondary movement, partial movement, and stranding across many languages.

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List of glosses used9
1 Introduction11
1.1 Overview16
1.2 Theoretical sketch18
2 On successive-cyclic movement23
2.1 Introduction23
2.2 Are movement paths punctuated or uniform?27
2.2.1 What constitutes a valid argument for punctuated paths?27
2.2.2 Proposed evidence for punctuated paths (Abels 2003c)29
2.2.3 Reconstruction in Norwegian33
2.2.4 Evidence from ellipsis37
2.2.5 Parasitic gaps (Nissenbaum, 2001)51
2.2.6 A point of logic: Condition C and scope for binding55
2.2.7 Conclusion55
2.3 The edge of CP as a landing site of successive-cyclic movement57
2.4 Reflection66
3 Some properties of movement73
3.1 Introduction73
3.2 Partial movement74
3.3 Pied-piping79
3.4 Secondary movement84
3.5 Reflection91
4 The theory of cyclicity and phases97
4.1 Configurations for feature-sharing99
4.2 Movement and last resort113
4.3 Phase impenetrability120
4.3.1 Phases and sub-numerations121
4.3.2 Phase impenetrability and islands125
4.3.3 The stranding generalization128
4.4 Phase heads and their features129
4.4.1 Implementing successive cyclicity130
4.4.2 Morphological parameterization132
4.4.3 Extraction in Austronesian143
5 Feature Values and Interpretation149
5.1 Feature interpretation149
5.2 Towards a precise formulation151
5.3 Possible systems based on a single feature: A dry run154
5.3.1 [uF.] probes155
5.3.2 [uF..] probes157
5.3.3 [uF.] probes161
5.4 The generalizations163
5.4.1 Partial Movement163
5.4.2 Pied-piping and secondary movement167
5.5 Wh-movement in various languages175
5.5.1 Single-Wh-movement languages: English, French, Italian176
5.5.2 Multiple-Wh-fronting languages183
5.5.3 Wh-in-situ187
5.6 Summary190
6 The phase heads v, C, P and the stranding generalization191
6.1 VP immobility under v191
6.1.1 VPs are mobile191
6.1.2 VPs do not strand v193
6.2 TP immobility under C195
6.2.1 TPs do not strand C195
6.2.2 TPs are mobile199
6.2.3 The ban on C-stranding, word order, and cartography201
6.2.4 Is there long TP movement?206
6.3 DP immobility under P210
6.3.1 PP pied-piping212
6.3.2 Subextraction214
6.4 Conclusion229
7 On adposition stranding231
7.1 Trace or null resumptive?231
7.2 P-stranding in German and Dutch239
7.2.1 R-words are not pronouns242
7.2.2 R-words are not complements of P245
7.2.3 So what are R-words? And where?248
7.3 P-stranding languages253
7.3.1 Special clitics as the complement of adpositions254
7.3.2 Was für split260
7.3.3 Adposition stranding and D-to-P incorporation265
7.3.4 The pseudo passive267
7.3.5 Adposition stranding and verbal particles271
7.3.6 Implications276
7.4 Conclusion277
8 Phases285
9 Bibliography287
10 Index319