Null Comp as Case Drop

• 영문명: Null Comp as Case Drop
• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Jeong-Shik Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제15권 제2호, 251~264쪽, 전체 14쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.06.01

영문 초록

Bošković and Lasnik (2003) recently claim that the null Comp(lementizer) corresponding to the declarative Comp that in English, being a PF verbal affix, undergoes PF merger with its host, mostly [+V] head, under adjacency. But it is not clear what it means to say that phonologically null affixes require a PF host. The goal of this squib is to offer an alternative analysis for the distribution of the null Comp in terms of Case. The squib suggests that the Comp that is a reflection of Case on the CP that is assigned by the matrix Case-head, and that the null Comp arises when the Comp that drops under adjacency exactly in the same manner as a Case marker drops in Case marker drop languages like Korean (and Japanese).

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Abstract

1. Comp as Case

2. Null C and Inherent Case

3. More on adjacency

4. Absence of the null C with the verb conjecture

5. The nature of Case of the null C

6. Implications for the EPP

7. Inverse Case Filter

8. Conclusion

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