Locality and the Architecture of Syntactic Dependencies
A study on minimalist syntax this book develops an empirical argument for a crash-proof computational system. This framework allows for novel analyses of quirky subjects in Icelandic and Spanish, indefinite SE in Spanish and different types of expletive c
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Locality and the Architecture of Syntactic Dependencies Luis L6pez
University of Illil1ois-Chicago, USA
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© Luis Lopez 2007 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2007 978-0-230-50772-2
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1. Grammar, Comparative and general-Syntax. 2. Generative grammar. I. Title. P295.L672007 415--features is selected by C while Tdcf is selected by V. Although Chomsky does not discuss it, presumably the complementizer 'for' should def also select for T : (4)
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Thus, Chomsky's architectural assumptions lead to two sets of assumptions: (i) there are two types of infinitives, (ii) C can select Tcoilirol and T def while V can select only Tdcf. I find this result unacceptably inelegant. Chomsky (2001b), disregarding the complementizer 'for', tries to explain why C cannot select Tdef by arguing that if C's complement does not have a full set of -features, C's own features would not be checked. This is vulnerable to two sets of criticism: (i) the existence in natural language of default features suggests that lack of feature checking docs not give rise to ungrammaticality (as explained below); (ii) there is example (4) to account for: here we have an example of a C that selects
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