Moving heads to specifiers: Evidence from Mandarin multiple pre-subject modals

Based on a hitherto neglected set of multiple pre-subject modal sentences, this article offers a novel syntactic account of Mandarin modals whereby the derivation of pre-subject modal sentences involves Internal Merge of modals to specifiers of the left-peripheral focus projection, and discusses new...

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Published in:Natural language and linguistic theory 2024-02, Vol.42 (1), p.247-272
Main Authors: Lai, Jackie Yan-Ki, Li, Haoming
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