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A note on the punctuated nature of movement paths

Abstract

This paper addresses the question of how a moving item affects the nodes that lie along the path of movement. In particular, we are concerned with the question whether all nodes along the path of movement are affected in the same way or not. We first observe that most arguments that have been given to support the existence of intermediate reconstruction sites do not bear on this issue. We then discuss the logic of what a true argument would look like. Finally, we present three case studies. Two of them (A-reconstruction in Norwegian and VP-ellipsis in Dutch) provide prima facie arguments in favor of a position along the lines of Chomsky (1973, 1986, 2000), where some but not all nodes along the path of movement are affected by movement.Aquest article tracta de com afecta un element en moviment els nodes que es troben en el seu camí. Més concretament, ens interessem per la qüestió de si tots els nodes que es troben en el camí de l'element en moviment queden afectats de la mateixa manera. Primer observem que la majoria d'arguments que s'han donat a favor de l'existència de posicions intermèdies de reconstrucció no són rellevants per la qüestió que ens ocupa. Tot seguit considerem com hauria de ser un argument rellevant al nostre propòsit. Finalment, estudiem tres fenòmens concrets, dos dels quals (reconstrucció A en noruec i el·lipsi d'SV en neerlandès), aparentment, donen suport a la idea que només alguns nodes, no tots, queden afectats pel moviment, una postura anàloga a la defensada per Chomsky (1973, 1986, 2000)

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Last time updated on 20/08/2013

This paper was published in Diposit Digital de Documents de la UAB.

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