Speculations on Typological Variation from a Third Factor Perspective

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Jeong-Shik Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제22권 제1호, 77~112쪽, 전체 36쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.02.29

영문 초록

This paper proposes a third factor principle in the sense of Chomsky (2005) that can underlie typological variation across languages, namely, ‘Maximize Externalization,’ which results in minimizing the amount of Spell-Out, thereby reducing computational complexity. The working of this principle is associated with the universal Spec-head-complement word order hypothesis of Kayne (1994), regarded as the SVO hypothesis here, without the need for the head-parameter. I first show that well-known typical head-final languages like Korean and Dutch can be subjected to the SVO hypothesis. I then motivate the proposed third factor principle through the well known Extended Projection Principle and the Subject in-situ Generalization phenomena. I further discuss diverse externalization phenomena from several languages to confirm the principle. Lastly, speculations are made in an attempt to deal with externalization differences in size and mode among languages.

목차

1. Introduction

2. The SVO hypothesis

3. The proposed third factor principle

4. Other ways to make a phase lighter

5. More on bleeding Spell-Out

6. Closing remarks: Typological variation across languages

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키워드

third factor head-parameter SOV hypothesis SVO hypothesis EPP SSG Maximize Externalization Minimize Spell-Out