The Defective Copy Theory of Movement
Evidence from wh-constructions in Cape Verdean Creole
1st Edition
Published on 27. March 2012
XVI, 249 pages
978-90-272-7489-2 (ISBN)
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Within the framework of Chomsky's Principles and Parameters Theory and the Minimalist Program, this work presents a detailed discussion of the different types of wh-question formation and relativization strategies in Cape Verdean Creole (Santiago variety), especially focusing on wh-movement of PPs. The book explores the Copy Theory of Movement, discussing a defective copy construction involving wh-movement of PPs which poses interesting theoretical questions as to how the defective copy is to be generated and form a chain with the relevant displaced wh-constituent. It is also shown that the defective copy strategy ([wh[PL] . el[3SG]]) is distinct from resumption ([wh[PL] . es[3PL]]) due to some properties of PPs in Cape Verdean Creole and to the nature of the pronominal element that occurs at the foot of the wh-chain. This book relates well with those on Cape Verdean Creole and highlights the need to look more closely at deeper syntactic issues in more creole languages, inspiring further comparative work amongst creole linguists.
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Content
- The Defective Copy Theory of Movement
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Dedication page
- Table of contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1.1. The language under study: Cape Verdean Creole
- 1.2. Methodological issues
- 1.3. Theoretical framework
- 1.4. Outline of the book
- Aspects of the syntax of Cape Verdean Creole
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2. Clause functional structure and verb movement
- 2.2.1 V-to-T movement in CVC (Baptista 2002)
- 2.2.2 An almighty TP": absence of V movement in CVC (Pratas 2007)
- 2.2.3 No verb movement in CVC
- 2.3. The pronominal system
- 2.3.1 A tripartite pronominal system
- 2.3.2 Wh-constituents
- 2.3.2.1 Ken/Kenha
- 2.3.2.2 Kusé
- 2.3.2.3 Kantu/Kal(s)
- 2.3.2.4 Modi/Pamodi
- 2.3.2.5 Undi
- 2.3.2.6 Ki N
- 2.4. DP structure
- 2.4.1 Determiners and Quantifiers
- 2.4.2 Relative clauses
- 2.5. The complementizer system
- 2.5.1 The data
- 2.5.1.1 The complementizer di 'of'
- 2.5.1.2 The complementizer ki 'that'
- 2.5.1.3 The complementizer ma 'that'
- 2.5.1.4 The complementizer pa 'for'
- 2.5.1.5 The complementizer pamodi 'to/Ø'
- 2.5.1.6 The complementizer si 'if'
- 2.5.1.7 The complementizer Ø
- 2.5.2 The non-Split-CP hypothesis
- 2.6. Summary
- Wh-Questions in cape verdean creole
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Wh-Questions with overt wh-movement
- 3.2.1 The gap strategy
- 3.2.2 The gap strategy with PP pied-piping
- 3.2.3 The preposition stranding with a spelled out trace (PSST) strategy
- 3.2.4 The P-chopping strategy
- 3.3. Wh-Questions without wh-movement
- 3.3.1 The resumptive strategy
- 3.3.2 In situ wh-questions
- 3.4. Towards an analysis of wh-questions in CVC
- 3.5. Summary
- Restrictive relative clauses in Cape Verdean Creole
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Relativization strategies
- 4.2.1 Relativization with A´-movement
- 4.2.1.1 The gap strategy
- 4.2.1.2 The preposition stranding with a spelled out trace (PSST) strategy
- 4.2.1.3 The P-chopping strategy
- 4.2.2 Relativization without A´-movement - Resumption
- 4.3. The structure of restrictive relative clauses
- 4.3.1 The complement-of-N0 analysis (Platzack 2000)
- 4.3.2 The [DP D0 CP] analysis (Bianchi 1999/2002a)
- 4.4. Summary
- Extensions of the Copy Theory of Movement
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. The preposition stranding with a spelled out trace (PSST) strategy
- 5.2.1 The nature of the defective copy el
- 5.2.1.1 The distribution of el
- 5.2.1.2 The defective copy el is a variable in the narrow syntax
- 5.2.2 PSST involves wh-movement
- 5.2.2.1 Sensitivity to long and successive-cyclic movement
- 5.2.2.1.1 Sensitivity to long movement.
- 5.2.2.1.2 Sensitivity to successive-cyclic movement.
- 5.2.2.2 Rejection of pied-piping and of P-stranding + null gap
- 5.2.3 How does the Copy Theory of Movement (Chomsky 1995b) account for PSST?
- 5.2.4 How does the Copy + Merge Theory of Movement (Nunes 2004) account for PSST?
- 5.2.5 The defective Copy Theory of Movement
- 5.2.5.1 How does the stranding analysis of resumption (Boeckx 2003a) account for PSST?
- 5.2.5.2 The mechanism of 'defective copying'
- 5.3. Resumption in CVC
- 5.3.1 Defective chains vs. resumptive chains
- 5.4. Summary
- Conclusions
- 6.1. Synthesis of the research findings
- 6.2. Further research
- References
- Index
- Language index
