LINB06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Intransitive Verb, Dative Case, Accusative Case
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Dp movement: [spec, vp] -> [spec, tp] - vp internal subject hypothesis (bcuz irish vso) -> Case theory: case marker e. g. (japanese) subject = -ga vs object = -o. Nominative case: for subjects -> assigned by t. Accusative case: for objects -> assigned by v. Dative case: for indirect object -> assigned by p; e. g. behind the door -> dp. The door receives dative case from p behind . Case filter: all dps must be marked w/ a case or else derivation will crash; checked by feature checking/locality. Intransitive verb: (a) unergative e. g. dance (b) unaccusative e. g. Burzio s generalization: a v that has no external theta role x assign acc case. => e. g. 1. passive sentence -> v x assign acc case to theme dp -> dp has to move to subject position to receive nom case; e. g. 2.
