Norvin Richards<\/A>
\n“Beyond Strength and Weakness 2: EPP and head-movement”
\nThursday, Oct. 30
\n12:30-1:45
\n32-D461<\/p>\n>In an earlier paper, “Beyond Strength and Weakness”, I attempted to develop a
\ntheory that could predict whether wh-movement would be overt or covert in a
\ngiven language, on the basis of observable properties of the language’s word
\norder and prosody. This talk is the sequel to that paper; I will try to
\npredict whether languages should exhibit EPP effects or not, and (time
\npermitting) how far their verbs move, again on the basis of observable
\nproperties. As in the earlier paper, the goal will be to do away with
\nsyntactic diacritics like ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ (and, for that matter, ‘EPP’), by
\nallowing the syntax to make more direct reference than usual to the phonological
\nrepresentation. We will see more evidence bearing on the nature of that
\nreference, helping us to understand how much syntax knows about phonology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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