Overt Copies in Reflexive and Control Structures: A Movement Analysis
Author(s):
Boeckx, Cedric; Hornstein; Nunes, Jairo
Format:
Report
Citation:
University Of Maryland Working Papers In Linguistics, Volume 15, (2006). pp. Jan-46.
Language:
English
Abstract:
This paper discusses reflexive and control constructions in languages like San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec (Lee, 2003) and Hmong (Mortensen, 2003), where instead of a reflexive in the former and a null category in the latter, one may find a copy of the antecedent. The paper argues that these constructions provide compelling evidence for a movement analysis of control (Boeckx and Hornstein, 2003, 2004; Hornstein, 2001, 2003) and reflexivization (Hornstein, 2001), as well as the proposal that the phonetic realization of copies generated by movement is regulated by linearization and morphological requirements (Nunes, 1999, 2004). Adapted from the source document