2015
DOI: 10.1111/synt.12027
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Symmetric Merge and Local Instability: Evidence from Split Topics

Abstract: In this paper, I argue against the standard analysis of so‐called split topics in German as discontinuous noun phrases (van Riemsdijk 1989). Building in part on Fanselow 1988, I show that the construction rather involves two morphosyntactically autonomous nominal constituents that are predicatively related in underlying form. This predication is syntactically unstable, however. Merge of two XPs within a single argument or adjunct position yields a symmetric structure for which no label (“head”) can be detected… Show more

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“…(Chomsky 1995a:297, 2000, Lasnik 1995, 2003, McCloskey 2001, Bošković 2004, Cable 2012, Ostrove 2016see also Nunes 2016) c. Labeling: A constituent moves so that every relevant constituent in the structure can receive a label from the syntactic Labeling Algorithm. (Chomsky 2013, Ott 2015, Rizzi 2015, Smith 2015 The following three subsections argue that P'urhepecha hyperraising to object is neither greedy nor Labeling-driven.…”
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“…(Chomsky 1995a:297, 2000, Lasnik 1995, 2003, McCloskey 2001, Bošković 2004, Cable 2012, Ostrove 2016see also Nunes 2016) c. Labeling: A constituent moves so that every relevant constituent in the structure can receive a label from the syntactic Labeling Algorithm. (Chomsky 2013, Ott 2015, Rizzi 2015, Smith 2015 The following three subsections argue that P'urhepecha hyperraising to object is neither greedy nor Labeling-driven.…”
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“…Thus, a range of elements can float in Arabic: universal quantifiers, generalized quantifiers, and numerals. As will be argued in section 4, what these elements share is that they hold an argument-predicate relationship to their associates (Ott 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…In some languages like German, Q-float occurs with constructions that generally do not permit subextraction. For instance, Ott (2015) shows that German dative objects can be split by Q-float although subextraction from dative objects is impossible:…”
Section: Locality Restrictionsmentioning
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“…Chomsky , , ), {XP,YP} structures remain exocentric. In this case, again, movement is required to break the symmetry of the configuration (Ott , ). For purposes of this paper, I will stick to the traditional notion of “EPP,” here understood as a placeholder for whatever explanation will ultimately turn out to be successful.…”
Section: Sf As (Remnant‐)xp Frontingmentioning
confidence: 99%