Extraordinary complement extraction: PP-complements and inherently case-marked nominal complements
Extraordinary complement extraction: PP-complements and inherently case-marked nominal complements
Author(s): Aida TalićSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: phases; left -branch extraction (LBE); inherent case; P-incorporation; rescue by deletion; accent shift
Summary/Abstract: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS) appears to allow extraction of PP-complements out of NPs and APs. Th is extraction is problematic for Bošković’s (to appear a) approach to phases because BCS NPs and APs are phases in this system and complements of phase heads in principle do not move (Abels 2003a). I show that there is a mechanism that can be extended to account for this extraction (LBE), and provide a unified account for these movements, a certain type of left -branch extraction, and extraction of inherently case-marked nominal complements, where all of these involve P-incorporation into the element moved to SpecPP. Independent evidence for P-incorporation comes from accent shift from the host to the preposition that occurs in BCS.
Journal: Studies in Polish Linguistics
- Issue Year: 8/2013
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 127-150
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English