On the Development of Case Theory

Triumphs and Challenges

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23565130
AutoresHoward Lasnik (0000-0002-8221-9246, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Páginas16-41
Fecha de publicación2008-05-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaFoundational Issues in Linguistic Theory (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7551/mitpress/9780262062787.003.0003
OpenAlexW2477217097
ISBN9780262062787
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas3

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