Negative DPs, A-Movement, and Scope Diminishment

Bibliographic Data

ID4318540
AuthorsSabine Iatridou (0000-0001-8914-9212, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 32-D808, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139.), Ivy Sichel (Linguistics Department, Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel.)
Year2011
Volume42
Issue4
Pages595-629
Publication date2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistic Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-3892 • E-ISSN: 1530-9150
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/ling_a_00062
OpenAlexW1991096730
LanguageEN
Citations received69
References cited23

Lasnik (1999) has claimed that NegDPs in derived subject position cannot be interpreted in the embedded clause and do not undergo A-chain reconstruction. We show that with a well-defined set of predicates, including deontic modals and raising predicates, scope diminishment of NegDP is observed. We argue, nevertheless, that scope diminishment in these cases is not produced by A-chain reconstruction. We also show that A-chain reconstruction of the indefinite part is possible. We conclude that the claim that NegDP does not undergo reconstruction reduces to the observation that the negative ingredient cannot reconstruct, and we suggest why this should be so. If we are correct, the analysis removes an obstacle to the view that A-chains exhibit syntactic reconstruction

Deontic logic · Linguistics · Obstacle · Programming language · Raising (metalworking) · Scope (computer science) · Set (abstract data type) · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · History · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation