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Exhaustive control as movement: The case of Wolof
This paper investigates control constructions in the Niger-Congo language Wolof, which offers several insights into the phenomenon of control. First,...
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Movement and cyclic Agree
Recent work has argued for derivational expansion of the search space of ɸ-probes as a result of the cyclic interaction of Merge and Agree (cyclic...
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Reflexes of exponent movement in inflectional morphology
Seemingly non-local phonological operations triggered by inflectional exponents have been observed in a number of languages. Focussing on...
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Verb movement and the lack of verb-doubling VP-topicalization in Germanic
In the absence of a stranded auxiliary or modal, VP-topicalization in most Germanic languages gives rise to the presence of a dummy verb meaning...
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Rightward verb movement: A reappraisal
A well-known problem for head-final languages is diagnosing rightward head movement. For Germanic OV-languages such as German and Dutch, it has been...
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The order of operations and A/Ā interactions
Double object constructions provide an ideal context in which to investigate interactions between multiple instances of movement. With two internal...
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First conjunct clitic doubling in Modern Greek: Evidence for Agree-based approaches to clitic doubling
We investigate the syntax of the hitherto understudied phenomenon of first conjunct clitic doubling, with reference to Modern Greek. We argue that it...
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Tonal reflexes of movement in Asante Twi
We argue that Asante Twi has a process of tonal overwriting on verbs that are crossed by an A’-dependency. It is shown that this view captures the...
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Ordering discontinuous \(\varvec{\varphi }\)-feature agree: verbal -s in North Eastern English
North Eastern English differs from Standard English with respect to agreement: According to the Northern Subject Rule , 3sg agreement marking ( verbal...
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Structure preservation in complex prefields: A note on Müller (2018)
Cases of apparent V3 order in German finite main clauses are commonly attributed to remnant VP movement to SpecC. The remnant VPs posited in this...
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Two structures of extraposition in central dialects of Early New High German
Extraposition in OV Germanic languages is a complicated phenomenon, which has been analyzed in different ways—as a result of rightward movement, as...
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Reconsidering multiple scrambling in Japanese
This paper reconsiders the syntax of Multiple Scrambling in Japanese taking its prosodic patterns into consideration. Specifically, the paper...
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Licensing of PPI indefinites: Movement or pseudoscope?
Positive Polarity indefinites (PPI indefinites), such as some in English, are licensed in simplex negative sentences as long as they take wide scope...
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The duality of syntax: Unstable structures, labelling and linearisation
This work aims to enhance the theory of Dynamic Asymmetry by including symmetric head-head structures, the inevitable first step of any derivation...
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Exclusivity! Wh-fronting is not optional wh-movement in Colloquial French
This article revisits the long-standing issue of the alternation between wh-in-situ and wh-ex-situ questions in French in the light of diglossia and...
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Resumption in Igbo: Two types of resumptives, complex phi-mismatches, and dynamic deletion domains
This paper investigates the morphosyntax of resumption in Igbo (Benue-Congo). The first part addresses the syntax and argues that Igbo has two types...
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Improper case
This paper argues that case assignment is impossible in configurations that parallel generalized improper-movement configurations. Thus, like...
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‘Suffragettes’ in Germany: Translating Militancy
This chapter examines Schirmacher’s 160-page history of the suffragette movement (which was to remain the only German book on the subject for several...
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Dutch preposition stranding and ellipsis: ‘Merchant’s Wrinkle’ ironed out
This paper provides an explanation for the unexpected ban on preposition stranding by wh -R-pronouns under sluicing in Dutch. After showing that...
