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Remnant Raising and VSO Clausal Architecture


Remnant Raising and VSO Clausal Architecture

A Case Study of San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Band 66

von: Felicia Lee

96,29 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 27.06.2006
ISBN/EAN: 9781402043086
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 274

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<P>San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec, an endangered and little-examined indigenous language of Mexico, shows a range of syntactic and morphological phenomena incompatible with standard Minimalist accounts of verb movement: verbs and clearly phrasal constituents behave identically in a number of syntactic constructions, and the ordering of verbal morphemes is problematic for standard assumptions of verbal head movement.</P>
<P>This work proposes a VP-remnant raising account for these phenomena, motivated by Kayne’s (1992) Antisymmetry program. This work also examines consequences of phrasal remnant movement for negation constructions, question formation; and the interpretation of tense, aspect, and mood.</P>
An Introduction to San Lucas Quiaviná? Zapotec.- Background and Theoretical Assumptions.- The Syntax of Verb Raising in SLQZ: Arguments for VP Raising.- Further Consequences of VP-Remnant Movement: Some Common Negation Structures in SLQZ.- More on the Structure of the Left Periphery:The Syntax of Questions.- The Interaction of Tense and Aspect in San Lucas Quiaviná?Zapotec.
<P>San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec, an endangered and little-examined indigenous language of Mexico, shows a range of syntactic and morphological phenomena incompatible with standard Minimalist accounts of verb movement: verbs and clearly phrasal constituents behave identically in a number of syntactic constructions, and the ordering of verbal morphemes is problematic for standard assumptions of verbal head movement.</P>
<P>This work proposes a VP-remnant raising account for these phenomena, motivated by Kayne’s (1992) Antisymmetry program. This work also examines consequences of phrasal remnant movement for negation constructions, question formation; and the interpretation of tense, aspect, and mood.</P>
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