On Feature Strength
Three Minimalist Approaches to Overt Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4318339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard Lasnik (0000-0002-8221-9246, University of Connecticut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-217 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistic Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3892 • E-ISSN: 1530-9150 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/002438999554039 |
| OpenAlex | W2123831000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 57 |
| References cited | 8 |
Procrastinate (Chomsky 1993) favors covert movement; therefore, when movement is overt, it must have been forced to operate "early" by some special requirement, one that Chomsky codes into "strong features." I compare Chomsky's three successive theories of strong features and argue that two ellipsis phenomena, pseudogapping and sluicing, provide evidence bearing on the nature of strong features. I argue that movement or ellipsis can rescue a derivation with a strong feature, and I conclude that PF crash is relevant either directly, as in Chomsky 1993, or indirectly, as in the theory presented in Chomsky 1995a augmented by the multiple-chain theory of pied-piping (especially as interpreted by Ochi (1998
Covert · Ellipsis (linguistics) · Feature (linguistics) · Linguistics · Minimalist program · Movement (music) · Syntax · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 57 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,11 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2026 (28) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 52 |