TY - JOUR
T1 - Heavy NP shift in English and a-movement in subject-prominent languages
AU - Mikami, Suguru
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - According to Miyagawa's (2005, 2007, 2010, etc.) view that human languages are divided into two types with regard to the way that the requirement of the EPP on T is satisfied, English is a Subject-prominent language. In this type of language, the EPP on T works in tandem with a φ-feature and always triggers the A-movement of an XP that establishes an Agree relation with T through the φ-feature (i.e. a subject DP). Given this parameterization, even 'stylistic inversion' constructions in English, which are considered marked constructions because of their deviant word orders, are proven to be unmarked constructions that involve only this type of A-movement. This paper focuses on a Heavy NP Shift sentence as a case study to argue that Miyagawa's parameterization of the EPP, together with the copy theory of movement, is highly promising with regard to research that examines the universality and diversity of human languages.
AB - According to Miyagawa's (2005, 2007, 2010, etc.) view that human languages are divided into two types with regard to the way that the requirement of the EPP on T is satisfied, English is a Subject-prominent language. In this type of language, the EPP on T works in tandem with a φ-feature and always triggers the A-movement of an XP that establishes an Agree relation with T through the φ-feature (i.e. a subject DP). Given this parameterization, even 'stylistic inversion' constructions in English, which are considered marked constructions because of their deviant word orders, are proven to be unmarked constructions that involve only this type of A-movement. This paper focuses on a Heavy NP Shift sentence as a case study to argue that Miyagawa's parameterization of the EPP, together with the copy theory of movement, is highly promising with regard to research that examines the universality and diversity of human languages.
KW - A-movement
KW - Copy theory of movement
KW - EPP
KW - Heavy NP Shift
KW - Subject-prominent language
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U2 - 10.9793/elsj.29.2_259
DO - 10.9793/elsj.29.2_259
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85032120235
VL - 29
SP - 259
EP - 284
JO - English Linguistics / Journal of the English Linguistic Society of Japan
JF - English Linguistics / Journal of the English Linguistic Society of Japan
SN - 0918-3701
IS - 2
ER -