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Local Instability - Split Topicalization and Quantifier Float in German (Hardcover)
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Local Instability - Split Topicalization and Quantifier Float in German (Hardcover)
Series: Linguistische Arbeiten
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This monograph argues for a novel approach to split topicalization
and quantifier float in German, based on the premise that syntactic
structure-building proceeds solely via free application of Merge.
Following recent developments in the pursuit of a more principled
theory of syntax, it is argued that the stipulative notion of
'projection' ought to be dispensed with: syntactic objects created
by Merge are not headed, and endocentricity arises due to a simple
search algorithm. When this algorithm fails, specifically in
symmetric {XP,YP} structures, an unlabeled constituent results;
where a label is required, such structures are locally unstable. It
is argued that both split topics and floated quantifiers are the
result of this kind of local instability: when an exocentric
predication structure is merged in argument or adjunct position, XP
must be displaced at the phase level to allow for determination of
a label. It is this symmetry-breaking movement that yields the
'split constituent' in surface form. Based on careful empirical
scrutiny of two recalcitrant problems for syntactic theory, the
present work adduces substantial support for a 'minimalist'
grammatical architecture devoid of phrase-structural residue.
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