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Dominance vs. Precedence in the Double Object Construction: New Facts from Fongbe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Claire Lefebvre
Claire Lefebvre*
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Université du Québec à Montréal
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Since the paper by Barss and Lasnik (1986), the fact that the double object construction exhibits Theme/Goal asymmetries has been the object of an important debate in the literature. The central question of this discussion is whether these asymmetries should be accounted for in terms of dominance (e.g., Larson 1988, 1990; Aoun and Li 1989; den Dikken 1991) or precedence (e.g., Barss and Lasnik 1986; Jackendoff 1990; Tremblay 1991). On the dominance account, the Goal must asymmetrically c-command the Theme (e.g., Larson 1988, 1990). On Barss and Lasnik’s account, the Goal and the Theme of the construction may symmetrically c-command each other but the Goal must precede the Theme. This proposal is captured in their definition of domain of (1986:352).

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 38 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 395 - 424
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1993

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