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- Title
Improper case.
- Authors
Poole, Ethan
- Abstract
This paper argues that case assignment is impossible in configurations that parallel generalized improper-movement configurations. Thus, like improper movement, there is "improper case." The empirical motivation comes from (i) the interaction between case and movement and (ii) crossclausal case assignment in Finnish. I propose that improper case is ruled out by the Ban on Improper Case: a DP in [Spec, XP] cannot establish a dependent-case relationship with a lower DP across YP if Y is higher than X in the functional sequence. I show that this constraint falls under a strong version of the Williams Cycle (Williams 1974, 2003, 2013; van Riemsdijk and Williams 1981) and is derived under Williams's (2003, 2013) analysis of embedding.
- Subjects
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
- Publication
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 2023, Vol 41, Issue 1, p347
- ISSN
0167-806X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11049-022-09541-6