WH movement 4Oct. 22, 2012 – Day 22Introduction to Syntax

ANTH 3590/7590

Harry Howard

Tulane University

Course management

http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/ANTH3590/ We need to spend our $150 from the

Provost’s Undergraduate Activities Fund.

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REVIEWThe quiz was the review.

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Multiple wh-questionsRadford §5.8

§5.9 Summary

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INTRODUCTION TO MULTIPLE WH

Some data (58)a) He might think who has done what?b) Who might he think has done what?c) What might he think who has done?d) Who what might he think has done?e) What who might he think has done?

Discussion How would you describe these data? Only one wh-word can move to the specifier of

C at a time. But which one? Maybe the closest one to C.

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SUPERIORITY C appears to attract the highest wh-word. The Attract Closest Condition (78)

A head which attracts a given kind of constituent attracts the closest one.

This condition can be seen as a consequence of economy: move the smallest constituent possible the shortest distance possible.

Adding the requirement of the Chain Uniformity Condition that only a maximal projection be attracted to a specifier, leads to:

The Wh-Attraction Condition (79) An edge feature on C attracts the smallest possible

maximal projection containing the closest wh-word to spec-C.

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CPVthink

C’

C[TNS, EF]

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TPC[EF]

PRNwho

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PRNwhat

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VPT3sPast

CP

Tmight

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PRhe

STRUCTURE FOR GOOD MULTIPLE WH MOVEMENT 1

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PRNwho

CPVthink

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PRNwho

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STRUCTURE FOR BAD MULTIPLE WH MOVEMENT 1

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SummaryRadford §5.9

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The conditions

Complementizer condition Interrogative condition Chain uniformity condition Attract smallest condition Economy condition Left branch condition Impenetrability condition Freezing constraint Attract closest condition Wh-attraction condition

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RELATIVIZED MINIMALITY

A constituent can only be affected by the minimal (read “closest”) constituent of the relevant type above it. (61) A head can only be attracted to the closest head

position above it. A phrase can only be attracted to the closest

phrasal position above it.

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EXERCISE 5.1On board

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NEXT TIMEContinue Ex. 5.1

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