Labelling, Instability, and Noun Incorporation

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Michael Jonathan Mathew Barrie
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제29권 제2호, 211~233쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.04.30

영문 초록

In standard Minimalist Theory, the impetus for movement is feature strength. Strong features trigger overt movement, while weak features trigger covert movement. The equally stipulative EPP has also been implicated as a rigger for movement. Acknowledging that feature strength and the EPP are unsatisfying explanations for movement in language (Richards 2010; 2016), I investigate labelling and instability as sources of movement, as developed by Chomsky (2013) and Ott (2015). Ott argues that unlabelled structures are unstable and trigger movement. I investigate this nascent proposal in the context of noun incorporation in Northern Iroquoian languages. I show that noun incorporation is driven by instability caused by lack of a label rather than by Baker’s Morphological Visibility Condition. In addition to clarifying certain aspects of noun incorporation that are problematic for Baker’s analysis, this investigation brings us a step closer to the elimination of feature strength from Universal Grammar.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Noun Incorporation and Doubling

5. Conclusion

키워드

labelling instability noun incorporation triggers for movement Iroquoian