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The adjunct condition and the nature of adjuncts.
- Source :
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Linguistic Review . Feb2022, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p85-128. 44p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This paper proposes a Minimalist analysis of the Adjunct Condition. It shows that extraction from adverbial adjuncts is common, and it reviews and extends (Truswell, Robert. 2011. Events, phrases, and questions. Oxford: Oxford University Press analysis), which holds that extractions are grammatical when the adjunct and matrix predicates together constitute a macro-event. Syntactically, a UI feature (representing "unintegration") on adjuncts must be active at either LF or PF; where it is active ill-formedness results. However, if a macro-event is possible, UI is inactivated at LF, allowing extraction; and though an active UI at PF normally causes ill-formedness, this is repairable by sluicing. This analysis improves on existing analyses by accounting for possible extractions, island repair by sluicing, and the basic conception of adjuncts as relatively unintegrated phrases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ISLANDS
*TERMS & phrases
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01676318
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Linguistic Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155131657
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/tlr-2021-2082