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Branching constraints
- Rejecting approaches with a directionality parameter, mainstream minimalism has adopted the notion of strict (or unidirectional) branching. Within optimality theory however, constraints have recently been proposed that presuppose that the branching direction scheme is language specific. I show that a syntactic analysis of Chechen word order and relative clauses using strict branching and movement triggered by feature checking seems very unlikely, whereas a directionality approach works well. I argue in favor of a mixed directionality approach for Chechen, where the branching direction scheme depends on the phrase type. This observation leads to the introduction of context variants of existing markedness constraints, in order to describe the branching processes in terms of optimality theory. The paper discusses how and where the optimality theory selection of the branching directions can be implemented within a minimalist derivation.
Author details: | Erwin R. Komen |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32273 |
ISSN: | 1616-7392 |
ISSN: | 1864-1857 |
Title of parent work (German): | Linguistics in Potsdam |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 2009 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2009/06/24 |
Tag: | Chechen; branching; extraposition; focus; minimalist program; optimality theory |
Issue: | 28 |
First page: | 157 |
Last Page: | 186 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | EQ 3310 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Linguistics in Potsdam: LIP, ISSN 1864-1857 / LIP (2009) 28 |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | In Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam: Broekhuis, Hans: Optimality theory and minimalism : interface theories / Hans Broekhuis, Ralf Vogel (eds.) Potsdam : Universitätsverlag Potsdam, 2009. - 212 S. ISSN 1616-7392 ISBN 978-3-940793-61-4 --> bestellen |