The Syntax of Givenness Ivona Kucerová
The Syntax of Givenness Ivona Kucerová The Syntax of Givenness Ivona Kucerová
c. #Subject-G Object verb d. . . . (27) What did Mary do afterward? a. (Potom) Maruška || zavolala nějakého chlapce ze sousedství. afterward Mary.Nom called some boy.Acc from neighborhood b. #(Potom) Maruška nějakého chlapce ze sousedství zavolala afterward Mary.Nom some boy.Acc from neighborhood called ‘Afterward Mary called some boy from her neighborhood.’ I have proposed in 1.1 that G-movement is a last resort operation. We predict that G- movement takes place only if there is a non-G element asymmetrically c-commanding the given subject. Since there is no such element, in this particular case there is no G-movement taking place. A corresponding tree representation is given in (28). 20
(28) Derivation of [Subject]-G verb Object vP Subject G vP v VP t V Object Let’s now consider the same sentence but with both the subject and the verb given. An example is given in (29) and (30). (29) a. Subject-G verb-G Object ←− b. #Object verb-G Subject-G c. #Subject-G Object-G verb d. . . . (30) Whom did Mary call afterward? a. Potom Maruška zavolala || nějakého chlapce ze sousedství. then Mary.Nom called some boy.Acc from neighborhoud b. #Potom Maruška nějakého chlapce ze sousedství zavolala then Mary.Nom some boy.Acc from neighborhoud called ‘Then Mary called some boy from her neighborhoud.’ Since neither the subject nor the verb is asymmetrically c-commanded by anything new, it follows that the derivation should be the same as in (28). The reason is that in neither (26) nor (29) does G-movement take place. The representation I argue for is given in (31). 21
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(28) Derivation <strong>of</strong> [Subject]-G verb Object<br />
vP<br />
Subject G<br />
vP<br />
v<br />
VP<br />
t V<br />
Object<br />
Let’s now consider the same sentence but with both the subject and the verb given. An<br />
example is given in (29) and (30).<br />
(29) a. Subject-G verb-G Object ←−<br />
b. #Object verb-G Subject-G<br />
c. #Subject-G Object-G verb<br />
d. . . .<br />
(30) Whom did Mary call afterward?<br />
a. Potom Maruška zavolala || nějakého chlapce ze sousedství.<br />
then Mary.Nom called some boy.Acc from neighborhoud<br />
b. #Potom Maruška nějakého chlapce ze sousedství zavolala<br />
then Mary.Nom some boy.Acc from neighborhoud called<br />
‘<strong>The</strong>n Mary called some boy from her neighborhoud.’<br />
Since neither the subject nor the verb is asymmetrically c-commanded by anything new, it<br />
follows that the derivation should be the same as in (28). <strong>The</strong> reason is that in neither (26)<br />
nor (29) does G-movement take place. <strong>The</strong> representation I argue for is given in (31).<br />
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