D Embick, R Noyer - Linguistic inquiry, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We develop a theory of movement operations that occur after the syntactic derivation, in the PF component, within the framework of Distributed Morphology. The theory is an extension …
The set of person and number features necessary to characterize the pronominal paradigms of the world's languages is highly constrained, and their interaction is demonstrably …
A Kratzer - Linguistic Inquiry, 2009 - direct.mit.edu
This article argues that natural languages have two binding strategies that create two types of bound variable pronouns. Pronouns of the first type, which include local fake indexicals …
This article provides an account of the distribution and interpretation of POLARITY PARTICLES in responses, starting with yes and no in English, and then extending the …
S Béjar, M Rezac - Linguistic inquiry, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose that agreement displacement phenomena sensitive to person hierarchies arise from the mechanism of Agree operating on articulated φ-feature structures in a cyclic syntax …
O Matushansky - Linguistic inquiry, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, I address the issue of head movement in current linguistic theory. I propose a new view of the nature of heads and head movement that reveals that head movement is …
D Embick - Linguistic Inquiry, 2004 - direct.mit.edu
The article examines the structure of resultative participles in English: participles that denote a state resulting from a prior event, such as The cake is flattened or The metal is hammered …
JA Legate - Linguistic inquiry, 2008 - direct.mit.edu
This article examines the relationship between abstract and morphological case, arguing that morphological case realizes abstract Case features in a postsyntactic morphology …
J Coon, S Keine - Linguistic Inquiry, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
This article develops a new approach to a family of hierarchy-effect-inducing configurations, with a focus on Person Case Constraint effects, dative-nominative configurations, and …