Algonquian Languages Have A-Movement and A-Agreement

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4965769
AutoresBenjamin Bruening (0000-0002-9277-4235, University of Delaware, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume40
Fascículo3
Páginas427-445
Data de publicação2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistic Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3892 • E-ISSN: 1530-9150
EditoraMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/ling.2009.40.3.427
OpenAlexW2054214512
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas12

Ritter and Rosen (2005) claim that Algonquian languages lack A-movement and A-binding, and they theorize that all agreement in Algonquian is agreement with Ā-positions. I show that this proposal cannot be maintained, given facts of quantifier scope in Passamaquoddy. These facts require recognizing a step of A-movement to a derived A-position, comparable to Spec, TP in languages like English. I further contrast this movement with the movement involved in crossclausal agreement (Branigan and MacKenzie 2002) and show that the two differ in exactly the ways that A-movement and Ā-movement differ. Algonquian languages clearly have A-movement as distinct from Ā-movement

Agreement · Contrast (vision) · Linguistics · Movement (music) · Quantifier (linguistics) · Scope (computer science) · Artificial Intelligence · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · History · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation