On the Development of Case Theory

Triumphs and Challenges

Bibliographic Data

ID23565130
AuthorsHoward Lasnik (0000-0002-8221-9246, corresponding author)
Year2008
Pages16-41
Publication date2008-05-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueFoundational Issues in Linguistic Theory (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7551/mitpress/9780262062787.003.0003
OpenAlexW2477217097
ISBN9780262062787
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited3

Drawing on Jean-Roger Vergnaud’s argument that notions of Case and government are deeply embedded in the principles of Universal Grammar, this chapter explores the evolution of Case theory, which explains the distribution of phonetically realized subjects in infinitival clauses. It considers Vergnaud’s original formulation of a Case principle, which deals primarily with the distribution of phonetically realized noun phrase in the subject position of an infinitival clause, as well as Noam Chomsky’s formulation of the Case Filter. It also discusses how Case enters a derivation, the precise formulation of the Case Filter, and the level (or levels) of representation in which the Case Filter applies.

Argument (complex analysis) · Filter (signal processing) · Grammar · Linguistics · Noun · Noun phrase · Political science · Representation (politics) · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation