An argument for VP coordination: scene-setting coordination and weak islands

De Vos, Mark A

Title: An argument for VP coordination: scene-setting coordination and weak islands
Creator: De Vos, Mark A
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2009
Date: 2009
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/469371
Identifier: vital:77236
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.2989/SALALS.2009.27.1.1.749
Description: This article provides a minimalist analysis of a novel type of weak island that has not been discussed in the literature until now. The island is a subtype of extraction from asymmetric coordination islands in violation of the across-the-board constraint. The islands in question are characterised by being weak islands for certain types of adjunct extraction, and by being discontinuous – XP coordination. This article demonstrates the properties of this curious construction type and proposes the first analysis to date. It is argued that this is an instance of VP coordination and that this configuration allows the possibility of high merger of direct objects in a constrained fashion.
Format: 22 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Southern African linguistics and applied language studies
Relation: De Vos, M., 2009. An argument for VP coordination: scene-setting coordination and weak islands. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 27(1), pp.1-23
Relation: Southern African linguistics and applied language studies volume 27 number 1 1 23 2009 1727-9461
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