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(4) Universal endocentricity: As a result of (2)-(3), every SO is endocentric, leaving no room for non- endocentric structures. ...
framework? Or, if we may eliminate (2), then should we also reconsider the grounds of (3) and (4), the effects of which have bee ...
(8) Merge(α, β) counts as Internal Merge (IM) if one of α, β is a term of the other. Otherwise, Merge(α, β) counts as External M ...
(10) a. C[uQ] TP ... ... which[vQ]picture b. which[vQ]pictureC[vQ] TP ...twh... In pursuing projection-free syntax that dispense ...
description, head-movement of X^0 effectively replaces Y^0 in an SO with the so- called “Y0max” category that consists of X^0 an ...
Notice that the occurrence of Y^0 is obviously not a term of X^0 (and vice versa). Then, such instances of Merge should count as ...
These examples clearly show that not every {XP, YP} structure is stable, contra Fukui’s claim. (15) a. n[v] NPv[V] V nP φ b. whi ...
structures in (9b) and (10b) are classified as symmetric in this sense, because they form a φ-equilibrium and a Q-equilibrium, r ...
it gets more deeply embedded into a larger SO. To extend this inductive defi nition to formal features, let us assume that each ...
Thus, the formation of {T, C} can also be seen as driven by T(ense)-feature sym- metry. More generally, head-movement can be reg ...
Notice that asymmetric and symmetric structures, after their generation by unconstrained Merge, are utilized differently by CI: ...
resist further computations. For example, once a φ-symmetric SO Σ = {α, β} in (25a) is constructed, then neither Σ nor its const ...
5 Further consequences for comparative syntax Japanese is a language that exhibits no active φ-features for nominal declensions ...
Examples of the major subject construction in Japanese are provided in (32): (32) Japanese: a. Taro-ga musuko-ga nyuugaku.siken- ...
(36) Japanese: a. John-ga Mary-ni sono hon-o watasita John-NOM Mary-DAT that book-ACC handed ‘John handed that book to Mary.’ b. ...
The discussion was based on the fundamental hypothesis that Merge-based syntax is essentially “symmetric,” free from any asymmet ...
5 Narita and Fukui (2012, 2014) alternatively propose the notion of “feature prominence” in (i), which defi nes the order of pro ...
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3 On the primitive operations of syntax* Takaomi Kato, Hiroki Narita, Hironobu Kasai, Mihoko Zushi and Naoki Fukui 1 Introductio ...
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