Movement in disguise

Morphology as a diagnostic for verb movement in Algonquian

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4238166
AutoresKsenia Bogomolets (0000-0002-9012-5186, School of Cultures, Languages, and Linguistics University of Auckland Kohimarama New Zealand), Paula Fenger (Department of linguistics Universität Leipzig Leipzig Germany), Adrian Stegovec (0000-0002-7317-1025, Department of Linguistics University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut USA)
Ano2024
Data de publicação2024-03-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSyntax (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1368-0005 • E-ISSN: 1467-9612
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/synt.12281
OpenAlexW4393232567
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas52

This paper argues for a unification of two seemingly unrelated phenomena from unrelated language families: Verb Second in Germanic, and Conjunct versus Independent Order in Algonquian. It is argued that both reflect the possibility of the verb moving to C. While in Germanic this results in word order differences, in Algonquian V-to-C movement is detectable only via morphological alternations in agreement morphology. Under this view, Conjunct/Independent agreement and V2 are merely distinct reflexes of the same underlying process. This opens up new avenues of research in relation to V-to-C movement, framing it as a parametric option with potentially very different surface results in different languages depending on the setting of other parameters

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