LINB06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Affix
29 Nov 2017
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Wh-movement occurs in sentences that have wh-words usually interrogative and relative clauses. Why wh-movement: t to c is motivated by [+q] feature in c, v to t by t"s [+tense] affix feature, dp to [spec, tp] by case and epp feature of t. Trigger of wh-movement: wh-movement occurs by a [+wh] feature in c that needs to be checked, the wh-phrase must get close it by moving to [spec, In irish complements, there is evidence for [+wh] feature in c. How to draw trees: undo all the transformations to figure out the d-structure, apply movements, show all the traces and indices for each moved category. Long-distance wh-movement and intermediate traces: check the position of wh-phrase in (13b-c), wh-movement out of cp leaves an intermediate trace in the closest [spec, cp] Wh-subject: there is no do-support for subject wh-question (14 a-c), embedded clauses show subject wh-movement, there is wh-movement for english subjects, but do-support doesn"t occur.
