Internal Pair-Merge : the Missing Mode of Movement
Richards, Marc (University of Leipzig. Institute of Linguistics)

Date:	2009
Abstract:	In this brief article, I point out the predicted existence of a second mode of movement (alongside Internal Set-Merge) that should be sanctioned under Chomsky's Strong Minimalist Thesis, namely Internal Pair-Merge, essentially yielding 'movement by adjunction'. I then suggest one possible area in which the computational system makes use of this mode of movement - namely, it allows us to implement Agree-less Move to phase heads (aka 'pure EPP-movement', or Chomsky's (2007, 2008) Edge-Feature movement) without compromising the Activity Condition, thus potentially yielding a truly minimalist, narrow-syntactic analysis of optional, 'discourse-driven', 'stylistic' movement operations like topicalization and focus-movement. Not only does Internal Pair-Merge emerge as a theoretical possibility implied by the SMT (section 1), but it is also a device that is fully exploited by the computational system (section 2).
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Merge ; Internal Merge ; Set-Merge ; Pair-Merg ; Optional movement ; EPP ; Edge Feature ; Activity Condition ; Strong Minimalist Thesis
Published in:	Catalan journal of linguistics, V. 8 (2009) p. 55-73, ISSN 2014-9719

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/v8-richards
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/CatalanJournal/article/view/168904
DOI: 10.5565/rev/catjl.141

19 p, 517.0 KB

The record appears in these collections:
Articles > Published articles > Catalan journal of linguistics
Articles > Research articles