On the Structure of Agentive -er Nominals in English

• 영문명: On the Structure of Agentive -er Nominals in English
• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Youngjun Jang
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제15권 제4호, 597~608쪽, 전체 12쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.12.01

영문 초록

In this squib, I will show that the structure of agentive -er nominals in English would be very much like the cannonical clausal structure assumed in the literature, contrary to what Lieber (1983) proposes. That is, the functional head -er, which we assume to suppress external theta role, takes vP as its complement. Assuming that V raises to v, and the complex [V-v] in turn raises to -er, as a usual head movement, the complement of V (or more specifically the element in the specifier of V) raises to the specifier of erP, for sort of EPP requirements. Adopting the structure proposed in this paper, we can readily account for the phonological order in agentive -er nominals and avoid some theoretical and empirical problems confronted by Lieber's (1983) structure.

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Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Lieber (1983)

3. A New Proposal

4. Implications

References

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