Comparative Morphosyntax Lecture Notes - Week 4 - 18 November 2024
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Institute for Language Sciences, Utrecht University
2024
Roberta D’Alessandro
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This document is lecture notes on comparative morphosyntax, covering topics like Theta criterion, argument types, constituency tests, C-command, and syntactic tree diagrams. The lecture was given by Roberta D'Alessandro on November 18, 2024, at the ILS, Utrecht University.
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Comparative Morphosyntax Roberta D’Alessandro ILS, Utrecht University Week 4 18 November 2024 Theta criterion 2 Internal and external argument W...
Comparative Morphosyntax Roberta D’Alessandro ILS, Utrecht University Week 4 18 November 2024 Theta criterion 2 Internal and external argument Williams (1980) 3 Constituency tests Replacement 4 Constituency tests Stand alone/occurrence in isolation Coordination Movement clefting pseudo-clefting Dislocation passivization, topicalization, scrambling Right node raising 5 C-command Reinhart (1976) John likes himself *John’s sister likes himself 6 C-command 7 How to draw a syntactic tree 8 A phrase 9 The sentence 10 The DP a. John’s hat b. the hat c.*John’s the hat The DP The DP The DP
