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Sulawesi Relatives, V-Raising, and the CP-Complement Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Daniel L. Finer
Daniel L. Finer*
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SUNY at Stony Brook
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Abstract

DPs in several Austronesian languages from southwestern Sulawesi show the D head as an enclitic on an element within the DP. Where N is unmodified, D cliticizes to N, and where D is modified, D cliticizes to the modifier. A structure in which NP and the modifying phrase are treated as arguments of D is proposed, and the cliticization pattern is analyzed as resulting from head movement. Depending on the valency of the DP, NP will either be specifier or complement of D. This analysis extends easily to account for some otherwise puzzling patterns shown in relative clauses where D cliticizes to the right periphery of the verb of the modifying CP. Under the minimalist hypotheses that overt movement is a function of feature strength and that the strength of the relevant features can vary from language to language, certain patterns of head-adjunction involving V, I, C, and D are expected and the predictions are discussed.

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Les DP de plusieurs langues austronésiennes parlées dans le sud-ouest des îles Célèbes montrent la particularité que la tête D est un enclitique sur un élément à l’intérieur du DP. Lorsque N est non-modifié, D se cliticise sur N, alors que s’il est modifié, D se cliticise sur le modifieur. Une structure dans laquelle le NP et le syntagme modifieur sont traités comme des arguments de D est proposée et le patron de cliticisation est analysé comme résultant du mouvement de tête. Selon la valence du DP, le NP apparaîtra soit comme spécifieur du DP soit comme complément de D. Cette analyse peut facilement être étendue pour rendre compte de patrons autrement inattendus dans les phrases relatives où D se cliticise à la périphérie droite du verbe du CP relatif. Selon les hypothèses minimalistes que le mouvement visible est fonction de la force des traits et que cette force peut varier d’une langue à l’autre, on s’attend à certains patrons d’adjonction de tête qui impliquent V, I, C, et D.

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 43 , Special Issue 3-4: Arguments and Structure in Austronesian Languages , December 1998 , pp. 283 - 306
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1998

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