Phases : an Essay on Cyclicity in Syntax.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of glosses used; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Theoretical sketch; 2 On successive-cyclic movement; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Are movement paths punctuated or uniform?; 2.2.1 What constitutes a valid argument for punctuated paths?; 2.2.2 Proposed evidence for punctuated paths (Abels 2003c); 2.2.3 Reconstruction in Norwegian; 2.2.4 Evidence from ellipsis; 2.2.5 Parasitic gaps (Nissenbaum, 2001); 2.2.6 A point of logic: Condition C and scope for binding; 2.2.7 Conclusion; 2.3 The edge of CP as a landing site of successive-cyclic movement; 2.4 Reflection; 3 Some properties of movement.

3.1 Introduction3.2 Partial movement; 3.3 Pied-piping; 3.4 Secondary movement; 3.5 Reflection; 4 The theory of cyclicity and phases; 4.1 Configurations for feature-sharing; 4.2 Movement and last resort; 4.3 Phase impenetrability; 4.3.1 Phases and sub-numerations; 4.3.2 Phase impenetrability and islands; 4.3.3 The stranding generalization; 4.4 Phase heads and their features; 4.4.1 Implementing successive cyclicity; 4.4.2 Morphological parameterization; 4.4.3 Extraction in Austronesian; 5 Feature Values and Interpretation; 5.1 Feature interpretation; 5.2 Towards a precise formulation.

5.3 Possible systems based on a single feature: A dry run5.3.1 [uF₃! probes; 5.3.2 [uF₃!] probes; 5.3.3 [uF₁! probes; 5.4 The generalizations; 5.4.1 Partial Movement; 5.4.2 Pied-piping and secondary movement; 5.5 Wh-movement in various languages; 5.5.1 Single-Wh-movement languages: English, French, Italian; 5.5.2 Multiple-Wh-fronting languages; 5.5.3 Wh-in-situ; 5.6 Summary; 6 The phase heads v, C, P and the stranding generalization; 6.1 VP immobility under v; 6.1.1 VPs are mobile; 6.1.2 VPs do not strand v; 6.2 TP immobility under C; 6.2.1 TPs do not strand C; 6.2.2 TPs are mobile.

6.2.3 The ban on C-stranding, word order, and cartography6.2.4 Is there long TP movement?; 6.3 DP immobility under P; 6.3.1 PP pied-piping; 6.3.2 Subextraction; 6.4 Conclusion; 7 On adposition stranding; 7.1 Trace or null resumptive?; 7.2 P-stranding in German and Dutch; 7.2.1 R-words are not pronouns; 7.2.2 R-words are not complements of P; 7.2.3 So what are R-words? And where?; 7.3 P-stranding languages; 7.3.1 Special clitics as the complement of adpositions; 7.3.2 Was für split; 7.3.3 Adposition stranding and D-to-P incorporation; 7.3.4 The pseudo passive.

7.3.5 Adposition stranding and verbal particles7.3.6 Implications; 7.4 Conclusion; 8 Phases; 9 Bibliography; 10 Index.

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