Abstract
Larson (1989) noted that rightward movement of a DP past a clausal adjunct can necessitate a parasitic gap inside that clausal adjunct. This paper argues that rightward DP-movement beyond certain adjunct clauses is movement beyond typical Heavy-NP Shift that is licensed by the need to bind the parasitic gap. I show that this correctly predicts a number of observations concerning the exceptional nature of the rightward movement involved. In particular, parasitic gaps are able to license rightward movement that is potentially unbounded and successive-cyclic.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 1-31 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | Lingua |
Volume | 162 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- Non-feature-driven movement
- Parasitic gaps
- Rightward movement
- Successive-cyclic movement
- Unbounded movement