Verb movement in embedded clauses in West Flemish

被引：9

作者：

Haegeman, L ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Geneva, Dept Linguist, Fac Letters, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

来源：

LINGUISTIC INQUIRY | 1998年 / 29卷 / 04期

关键词：

verb movement; negation; tense; Head Movement Constraint;

D O I：

10.1162/002438998553905

中图分类号：

H0 [语言学];

学科分类号：

030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;

摘要：

This article analyzes aspects of the distribution of West Flemish verbs in terms of Kayne's (1994) antisymmetry approach. The distribution of the auxiliary in the Infinitivus pro Participio (IPP) construction provides evidence for three functional heads in the lower middle field: Neg, T, and F-2. The word order in the IPP construction is derived by head movement of the auxiliary and XP-movement of the IPP complement. The IPP complement moves to [Spec, FP2] to check its formal features; the finite auxiliary moves either to F-2 or to a higher functional head, T or Neg; the nonfinite auxiliary remains in F-2. The analysis accounts for the finite/nonfinite asymmetry in the distribution of the negative affix en. The article includes concrete proposals for the implementation of feature checking.

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页码：631 / 656

页数：26