LFMovement and Pied-Piping

An explanation is sought for the fact that the Subjacency Condition appears to apply selectively at the level of Logical Form. It is argued that neither parametrizing the Subjacency Condition so that it may not hold at Logical Form nor positing an argument-adjunct distinction at Logical Form is nece...

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Published in:Linguistic inquiry 1987-04, Vol.18 (2), p.348-353
Main Author: Choe, Jae W
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:An explanation is sought for the fact that the Subjacency Condition appears to apply selectively at the level of Logical Form. It is argued that neither parametrizing the Subjacency Condition so that it may not hold at Logical Form nor positing an argument-adjunct distinction at Logical Form is necessary. Rather, by extending John R. Ross's Pied-Piping Convention ("Constraints on Variables in Syntax," PhD dissertation, MIT, 1967) to Logical Form, at least certain apparent Subjacency Condition violations may be circumvented. Data involving Korean & Japanese question-answer pairs & weak crossover configurations provide support for the proposal. 9 References. P. Farrell
ISSN:0024-3892