Remarks for Take-home portion of Exam-1: Why Move? Ling 610/CSUN Linguistics/Galasso As you prepare to discuss theoretical reasons for Movement (move-α , a d for theoreti al o strai ts on movement, consider as way to incorporate in your essay the following main points:
Reference paper: https://www.academia.edu/6508606/Why_Move_Reference_Paper_Exam-1_ Some points to consider:
1. Radford (Chapter 7: p. 281) discusses why a Spec-Head relation may no longer be valid given the following sentence below: e.g., There were awarded several prizes.
Note ho of e pleti e i sert passi e o stru ts the er /Head ere ust agree ith the true su je t se eral prizes lo er do i the tree. The problem is that two constituents are not within a Spec-Head relation. This caused Chomsky to reduce the role of Spec-Head agreement relations and rather turn to c-Command relations. However, an argument can be made (e.g., Miyagawa) that expletive there starts out within VP (as part and parcel of the true subject) and then raises up to Spec TP. [TP __were [VP awarded there several prizes]]. If e pleti e there origi ates lose to its subject, then an argument can be made the Spec-Head relation is restored and that Case is already assigned to expletive before it moves up to spec of TP. Also consider Merge over Move constructs:
e.g., [TP__ was [VP there a man in the garden]]
Su h a stor also pro ides a a ou t for there re ei i g so e kind of case, as well as VPISH considerations. Try to tease out the two distinctions between (i) expletives either directly inserting/merging in Spec of T, versus (ii) expletive raising from VP to TP.
2. This tension between items either being moved/Move from lower down in the tree, vs. being directed inserted/Merge from out of the lexicon can be a nice point of departure regarding your essa i to Wh Mo e? (Look into Merge over Move from class notes).
3. Other things to consider regarding constraints on Movement could include rationale between main verb movement (as in French) vs. English main verb non-movement. In this sense, consider why English Auxiliary verbs such as Do, Be, Have (which get no theta-role assignment) might in fact allow to be directly inserted into T (without V-to-T raising).
4. Look into Radford (Chapter 2) Functional Head Constraint, and all the work on conditions pertaining to minimal vs maximal projections (e.g., gapping, cleft sentences, co-ordination, fragment condition, etc.)
See Note on Tense (§5) regarding English (affix) vs French (featural).
