On concord and projection

In the spirit of the copy theory of movement, I propose that Merge applies only to satisfy Selection or Modification. This proposal differentiates between Agreement (instantiated by an EPP-feature targeting the upper argument selected by the lexical head, in the usual way) and Concord, occurring bet...

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Main Author: Giuliana Giusti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti 2011-05-01
Series:Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BWPL_2011_nr-1_Giusti.pdf
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spelling doaj-4fe8db12c0ad4655aa818b42e3216a982020-11-25T00:34:43ZengEditura Universitatii din BucurestiBucharest Working Papers in Linguistics 2069-92392069-92392011-05-01XIII1103124On concord and projectionGiuliana GiustiIn the spirit of the copy theory of movement, I propose that Merge applies only to satisfy Selection or Modification. This proposal differentiates between Agreement (instantiated by an EPP-feature targeting the upper argument selected by the lexical head, in the usual way) and Concord, occurring between any head and its Specifier with no additional trigger. It also derives head-movement by proposing that the functional skeleton of a lexical head is one and the same bundle of features, projected according to a paradigm associated with the head. As a consequence, parametric variation can be reduced to properties of inflectional paradigms.http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BWPL_2011_nr-1_Giusti.pdfagreementconcordmergenominal expressionhead-movement
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On concord and projection
Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
agreement
concord
merge
nominal expression
head-movement
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title On concord and projection
title_short On concord and projection
title_full On concord and projection
title_fullStr On concord and projection
title_full_unstemmed On concord and projection
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publisher Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
series Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
issn 2069-9239
2069-9239
publishDate 2011-05-01
description In the spirit of the copy theory of movement, I propose that Merge applies only to satisfy Selection or Modification. This proposal differentiates between Agreement (instantiated by an EPP-feature targeting the upper argument selected by the lexical head, in the usual way) and Concord, occurring between any head and its Specifier with no additional trigger. It also derives head-movement by proposing that the functional skeleton of a lexical head is one and the same bundle of features, projected according to a paradigm associated with the head. As a consequence, parametric variation can be reduced to properties of inflectional paradigms.
topic agreement
concord
merge
nominal expression
head-movement
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