1. Object shift and subject shift.
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Broekhuis, Hans
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MINIMALIST theory (Linguistics) , *OPTIMALITY theory (Linguistics) , *GENERATIVE grammar , *AUTOLEXICAL theory (Linguistics) , *LINGUISTICS , *COMPARATIVE grammar - Abstract
Adopting the hypothesis that both NP-movement of subjects and scrambling of objects are instances of A-movement, this article aims at accounting for the similarities and differences between these movements within the so-called derivation-and-evaluation framework, which combines certain aspects from the minimalist program and optimality theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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