What the EPP and comp-trace effects have in common: Constraining silent elements at the edge

We focus here on the “classic” EPP, the requirement that certain subject positions be filled, and argue that characterizing it in terms of a syntactic movement-triggering feature is misguided. Specifically, we argue that, contrary to standard assumptions but along the lines of some recent proposals,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas McFadden, Sandhya Sundaresan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2018-04-01
Series:Glossa
Subjects:
EPP
Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/419