Binding reconstruction and two modes of copy-chain interpretation

Authors

  • Kenyon Branan National University of Singapore
  • Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine National University of Singapore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v6i1.5008

Keywords:

copy theory of movement, reconstruction, reflexive binding, Binding Condition A, parasitic gaps, weak crossover

Abstract

We present a theory for the interpretation of Ā-movement chains at LF in the copy theory of movement where the NP restrictor of a DP Ā-movement chain is interpreted in only one copy. Such a view is motivated for English by evidence from reflexive binding, building on observations in Barss 1986, and its interaction with parasitic gap licensing and weak crossover effects. Our approach offers a means for understanding the classification of Ā-movement types in Cinque 1990 and Postal 1994 in copy-theoretic terms.

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Published

2021-03-20

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021): Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America

Section

Articles

License

Published by the LSA with permission of the author(s) under a CC BY 4.0 license.

How to Cite

Branan, Kenyon, and Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine. 2021. “Binding Reconstruction and Two Modes of Copy-Chain Interpretation”. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 6 (1): 734–745. https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v6i1.5008.