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Abstract
Based on data from extraction, embedded V2, and complementizer stacking, this paper proposes a cP/CP-analysis of CP-recursion in Danish. Because extraction can be shown to be possible from relative clauses, wh-islands, and adverbial clauses, and given that long extraction is successive-cyclic, an extra specifier position has to be available as an escape hatch. Consequently, such extractions require a CP-recursion analysis, as has been argued for embedded V2 and for complementizer stacking.
Given that CP-recursion in embedded V2 clauses does not allow extraction, whereas other types of CP-recursion do, we suggest that embedded V2 is fundamentally different, in that main clause V2 and embedded V2 involve a CP (“big CP”), whereas all other clausal projections above IP are instances of cP (“little cP”). The topmost “little” c° has an occurrence feature that enables extraction but bars spell-out of its specifier.
Given that CP-recursion in embedded V2 clauses does not allow extraction, whereas other types of CP-recursion do, we suggest that embedded V2 is fundamentally different, in that main clause V2 and embedded V2 involve a CP (“big CP”), whereas all other clausal projections above IP are instances of cP (“little cP”). The topmost “little” c° has an occurrence feature that enables extraction but bars spell-out of its specifier.
Original language | English |
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Journal | The Linguistic Review |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 449-477 |
Number of pages | 29 |
ISSN | 0167-6318 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Syntax
- Embedding
- V2
- Long-Distance Extraction
- Multiple Complementizers
- Syntactic islands
- Generative grammar
- Scandinavian languages
- Danish
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The Acquisition of Complex Syntax in Autism
Nyvad, A. M. (Participant)
Det Fri Forskningsråd/Kultur og Kommunikation
01/08/2016 → 31/07/2019
Project: Research
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Sætningsknuder i komparativt og neurolingvistisk perspektiv
Nyvad, A. M. (Participant)
01/09/2008 → 31/05/2013
Project: Research
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Similarities and Differences between Clauses and Nominals - Comparative Syntax across Theoretical Approaches
Vikner, S. (Project manager), Engels, E. (Participant), Krogh, S. (Participant), Nølke, H. (Participant), Tafteberg, K. P. (Participant) & Wood, J. (Participant)
01/02/2008 → 31/12/2012
Project: Research