A note on the copy vs. multidominance theories of movement

• Vicente, Luis ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Potsdam

     University of Potsdam

     Kreisfreie Stadt Potsdam, Alemania

     
• Localización: Catalan journal of linguistics, ISSN-e 2014-9719, ISSN 1695-6885, Vol. 8, 2009 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Spelling-out Universal Grammar), págs. 75-97
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5565/rev/catjl.142
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  • català

    Aquest article considera dos aspectes del moviment A’: (a) una anàlisi dels efectes de recons- trucció en termes d’esborrament a la FL, i (b) l’anàlisi decomposicional dels quantificadors pro- posada per Johnson (2007) per derivar la interpretació correcta de les cadenes A’. Examinant com aquestes dues propostes encaixen l’una amb l’altra, és possible comparar la teoria de la còpia del moviment i una alternativa basada en la multidominància. Veurem que, per tal de derivar els resul- tats correctes, cada enfocament fa assumpcions lleugerament diferents, cosa que ens portarà a establir una base per la comparació dels dos enfocaments.

  • English

    This article considers two different aspects of A-bar movement, namely (a) an analysis of reconstruction effects in terms of deletion at LF, and (b) Johnson’s (2007) decompositional analysis of quantifiers as a means to derive the correct interpretation of A-bar chains. By examining how these two proposals mesh with each other, it is possible to compare the copy theory of movement to a multidominance alternative. We will see that each approach to movement must make use of slightly different assumptions in order to derive the correct results, thus establishing a basis for a potential comparison between the two of them

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