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- Title
HEAD RAISING ANALYSIS AND CASE REVALUATION.
- Authors
Gondra, Ager
- Abstract
This paper establishes the syntactic representation and derivation of relative clauses in Basque from a Minimalist approach (Chomsky 2000). Basque follows the Head Raising Analysis to construct relative clauses ([DP [CP DPi [C' [TP ...ti ...]]] D]): the CP of the relative clause is a complement to the external D, and the DP Head of the relative clause, base-generated inside the TP, moves to the specifier position of the CP. This structure predicts that the DP Head of the relative clause will show a TP-internal Case. However, this is not so since it manifests the Case associated with the main clause. In order to address this Case inconsistency, DCase Precariousness Condition is proposed. This condition states that a DCase valued u-feature is precarious until it is sent to Spell-Out and therefore, the value is visible for further targeting by a c-commanding Probe. Evidence for this multiple Agree operation comes from a DP long distance extraction.
- Subjects
SYNDIOTACTIC polymers; MINIMALIST theory (Communication); COMMUNICATION methodology; MOLECULAR probes; NETWORK effect
- Publication
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2015, Vol 4, Issue 2, p193
- ISSN
1893-3211
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7557/1.4.2.3399