An optimality-theoretic analysis of scandinavian object shift and remnant VP-topicalisation
- Holmberg (1997, 1999) assumes that Holmberg's generalisation (HG) is derivational, prohibiting Object Shift (OS) across an intervening non-adverbial element at any point in the derivation. Counterexamples to this hypothesis are given in Fox & Pesetsky (2005) which show that remnant VP-topicalisations are possible in Scandinavian as long as the VP-internal order relations are maintained. Extending the empirical basis concerning remnant VP-topicalisations, we argue that HG and the restrictions on object stranding result from the same, more general condition on order preservation. Considering this condition to be violable and to interact with various constraints on movement in an Optimality-theoretic fashion, we suggest an account for various asymmetries in the interaction between remnant VP-topicalisations and both OS and other movement operations (especially subject raising) as to their order preserving characteristics and stranding abilities.
Author details: | Sten Vikner, Eva Engels |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32359 |
ISSN: | 1616-7392 |
ISSN: | 1864-1857 |
Title of parent work (German): | Linguistics in Potsdam |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 2006 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2009/06/24 |
Tag: | Object Shift; Order preservation; VP-topicalisation |
Issue: | 25 |
First page: | 195 |
Last Page: | 231 |
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 (2006) 25 |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | Zugleich in Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam: Optimality theory and minimalism: A possible convergence? / Hans Broekhuis & Ralf Vogel (eds.) - Potsdam : Univ.-Verl., 2006. - vii, 231 S. (Linguistics in Potsdam ; 25) ISSN 1616-7392 ISBN 978-3-939469-54-4 --> Bestellen |