Verb phrase movement as a window into head movement

Authors

  • Nicholas Joseph LaCara University of Massachusetts Amherst

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v1i0.3714

Keywords:

chain reduction, remnant movement, copy theory of movement, head movement, conflation, syntax-morphology interface

Abstract

Since Chomsky 2001 suggested that head movement might be a PF operation, there has been debate about the proper place of head movement in the grammar. The interaction of verb movement with verb phrase fronting can shed light on how and when head movement occurs. This paper looks at cases where verb phrase fronting generates two copies of the verb (as in Portuguese or Hebrew), one in the fronted vP and one in an inflectional position, showing how a PF approach to head movement can explain this pattern while addressing some potential problems in other languages.

Author Biography

  • Nicholas Joseph LaCara, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Doctoral Candidate

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Published

2016-06-12

How to Cite

LaCara, Nicholas Joseph. 2016. “Verb Phrase Movement As a Window into Head Movement”. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 1 (June): 17:1–14. https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v1i0.3714.