{"id":8353,"date":"2016-04-25T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/?p=8353"},"modified":"2016-04-24T23:43:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T03:43:14","slug":"syntax-square-426-nick-longenbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2016\/04\/25\/syntax-square-426-nick-longenbaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Syntax Square 4\/26 - Nick Longenbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Speaker: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nslonge.scripts.mit.edu\/site\/\">Nick Longenbaugh<\/a><\/strong> (MIT)<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nTitle: Medium-distance movement<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nDate: Tuesday, April 26th<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nTime: 1:00pm-2:00pm<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nPlace: 32-D461<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nMany filler-gap dependencies traditionally analyzed as involving A\u0092-movement of a null operator show constraints on the gap site that are not observed with other types of A\u0092-movement (Stowell 1986; Cinque 1990; Rezac 2006; a.o.) wh-question formation, finite relative clause formation). In this talk, I focus on four such cases: degree-clauses, purpose clauses, non-finite relatives, and tough-movement. In each of these constructions, intervening finite clauses (but not infinitives) degrade object gaps and completely block subject gaps. I term this constrained movement medium-distance movement (MDM).<\/p>\n<p>\n(1) Intervening finite CPs degrade object gaps<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\na. ?(?)That book was hard [Inf to convince Sally [CP that John wrote t]].<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nb. ??Sally was too smart [Inf to convince Arthur [CP that the professor had failed t]].<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nc. ??I chose this piano [Inf to convince Bill [CP that Mozart had practiced on t]].<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nd. ?(?)I\u0092m looking for a book [Inf to convince Sue [CP that Roth would love t]]<\/br>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(2) Intervening finite CPs block subject-gaps<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\na. *John was hard [Inf to convince Sally [CP t wrote that book]].<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nb. *Sally was too smart [Inf to convince Arthur [CP t failed the test]].<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nc. *I chose Sue [Inf to convince Bill [CP t won the race]].<\/br><br clear='none'\/>\nd. *I\u0092m looking for an author [Inf to convince Sue [CP t wrote this book]]<\/br>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI argue that the constraints on MDM arise due to type-theoretic constraints on the interpretation of the top link in the relevant movement chain. I show that in each of the four cases under discussion, the top link in the movement chain must be interpreted as a predicate over individuals (type <e,t>). Adopting van Urk\u0092s (2105) type-driven approach to the A\/A\u0092-distinction, where A- and A\u0092-movement differ in the type of abstraction they are associated with at LF, this precludes precluding any pure A\u0092-movement step in the course of the derivation of these constructions. Instead, I suggest, following van Urk (2015) and Longenbaugh (2016), that the relevant mechanism is composite A\/A\u0092-movement, and that finite CPs (but not infinitives) are islands for such movement in English. MDM out of a finite clause is thus island-violating movement, which captures Cinque\u0092s (1990) observation that MDM shows the same constraints as wh-island-violating movement. This analysis both provides a straightforward explanation of the constrained nature of the movement involved in these constructions and furnishes new evidence for the ubiquity of composite A\/A\u0092-movement in natural language. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: Nick Longenbaugh (MIT) Title: Medium-distance movement Date: Tuesday, April 26th Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm Place: 32-D461 Many filler-gap dependencies traditionally analyzed as involving A\u0092-movement of a null operator show constraints on the gap site that are not observed with other types of A\u0092-movement (Stowell 1986; Cinque 1990; Rezac 2006; a.o.) wh-question formation, finite relative clause formation). 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