Book contents
- Continuing Syntax
- Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Continuing Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Configuration and Hierarchy
- Part II Locality
- 10 Wh-Movement: Unbounded Dependencies, Islands, Subjacency and Barriers
- 11 Covert Movement, Copy Theory and Reconstruction
- 12 Phases and Phase Impenetrability
- 13 Types of Locality: Phases and Relativised Minimality
- 14 The Syntax of Silence I: Ellipsis
- 15 The Syntax of Silence II: Empty Pronouns
- 16 Wrapping up: Parameters, Features and Futures
- Glossary
- Book part
- Index
- References
11 - Covert Movement, Copy Theory and Reconstruction
from Part II - Locality
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Book contents
- Continuing Syntax
- Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Continuing Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Configuration and Hierarchy
- Part II Locality
- 10 Wh-Movement: Unbounded Dependencies, Islands, Subjacency and Barriers
- 11 Covert Movement, Copy Theory and Reconstruction
- 12 Phases and Phase Impenetrability
- 13 Types of Locality: Phases and Relativised Minimality
- 14 The Syntax of Silence I: Ellipsis
- 15 The Syntax of Silence II: Empty Pronouns
- 16 Wrapping up: Parameters, Features and Futures
- Glossary
- Book part
- Index
- References
Summary
Here the focus is on covert cases of wh-movement, i.e. cases where the movement takes place in such a way that it cannot be directly observed in the output of PF, but only in terms of its effects on the semantic interpretation. The best-known example of this kind of wh-movement is found in Mandarin Chinese; accordingly we focus on that language. Next, we look at cases of covert movement in English: Quantifier Raising and wh-movement in multiple questions. Then we turn to the nature of the copies of movement, showing how copies can provide an account of reconstruction of binding-theory relations at the CI interface, as well as of partial movement and doubling at PF.
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- Continuing SyntaxHierarchy and Locality, pp. 219 - 237Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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