Speaker: Asaf Bachrach
Title: Syntactic Sharing and Semantic Interpretation
Time: 5:30-7pm, 32-D831
In recent minimalist literature, transformations (Move) have been
re-conceptualized as iterative applications of the basic syntactic operation
Merge. We will begin by adapting Heim and Kratzer’s (1998) semantic treatment
of movement in light of this new state of affairs. We will then propose a
generalization of the movement interpretation rule that can handle cases of
multidominance other than the canonical movement configuration. Finally we will
propose a modified and generalized Predicate Composition and Modification rule
which will also depend on syntactic sharing. These new rules will provide an
original insight into a number of well known syntactic and semantic puzzles
such as extraposition, ECM, object control, small clauses and complex causative
constructions.
(Work in progress with Roni Katzir)