LINB06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Romance Languages, Infinitive, Dative Case
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In [spec, tp], and the verb has moved to c. If so, no vso order when there"s an overt c: however, the prediction isn"t borne out, we still get vso even when there"s a c, as shown in (2) Theta roles are assigned within the projection of the head that assigns them (i. e. the vp or other predicate): consequence 2: the subject is never generated in [spec,tp]. Rather, it undergoes movement to [spec,tp]: this movement is known as dp movement: consequence 3: a parametric variation between irish and english. English: the dp subject moves from its base position [spec: the trigger. Irish: subject stays in [spec, vp], so there"s no dp movement. [spec, tp] has an epp feature that triggers dp-movement in english. In irish, no epp feature, so there"s no overt dp movement into [spec, The predicate likely has no theta-role to assign to the dp subject john.
