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SUMMARY:Eliminating A/A'-positions - Coppe van Urk\, Queen Mary University
  of London
DTSTART:20151126T163000Z
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CONTACT:Jamie Douglas
DESCRIPTION:All theoretical approaches to syntax recognize a distinction b
 etween A- and A' - dependencies. In this talk\, I develop the idea that th
 e two types of movement are distinguished solely by the features that driv
 e them\, and not by the position they target (e.g. Chomsky 1981\, 1995\; M
 ahajan 1990\; Déprez 1990\; Miyagawa 2010). This proposal eliminates the 
 notion of distinct A- and A'-positions and requires only that all movement
  is established by Agree and Merge. In addition\, I show how such an appro
 ach can account for the properties associated with the A/A'-distinction\, 
 including differences in locality\, pied-piping\, reconstruction for Princ
 iple C\, Weak Crossover\, anaphor binding\, and the licensing of parasitic
  gaps.\n\nFinally\, I investigate a prediction of this featural view of th
 e A/A'-distinction. In particular\,if we can find movement types that are 
 driven both by features usually involved in A-movement and features usuall
 y involved in A'-movement (for example\, Wh and φ)\, the resulting moveme
 nts should be associated both with the properties of A-movement and those 
 of A'-movement. I will show that is systematically true in the Nilotic lan
 guage Dinka Bor (South Sudan)\, so that all phrasal movement displays a mi
 x of A/A'-properties: movement can be long-distance\, but\, at the same ti
 me\, is always visible for case assignment and binding.
LOCATION:GR06-7\, English Faculty\, 9 West Road (Sidgwick Site)
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