LING 201 Lecture : syntax
17 Dec 2012
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9th conference: syntax 4: review of head movement in english and french. Draw the correct tree diagram for each of the sentences in (a). Then make reference to the tree you have drawn to explain why the corresponding (b) sentence is ungrammatical. (1) English), the order in (b) is excluded. (2) Reason for the ungrammaticality of (b): in order to arrive at the word order in (b), sweeping would have to undergo head movement to a position after the subject. Since the only possible landing site for such a movement, the i position, is already filled by the auxiliary, sweeping must remain in the v position where it is merged. (3) Reason for the ungrammaticality of (b): same as in (1) above. The french (a) sentence is grammatical because in french all verbs can undergo v to i movement. Reason for the ungrammaticality of (b): for this word order to obtain in.
