Angel Gallego (UAB) will present a talk entitled, "Strict and flexible cyclicity in phase theory."
Abstract
This talk has two goals. On the one hand, it discusses recent phase-theoretic conceptions of “strict cyclicity,” which typically involve the application of an operation (Spell-Out, Transfer, etc.); in particular, I discuss the possibility that Transfer does not remove the syntactic objects created in the course of a derivation (which I relate to the similar role played by the Phase Impenetrability and the No Tampering Conditions). On the other hand, I review the empirical evidence suggesting that NPs and PPs do not align with CPs and vPs when it comes to certain strict-cyclicity defining properties; although the facts do not argue that NPs and PPs are locality-free domains, they do suggest that the notion “phase” (sensu Chomsky 2000 et seq.) does not quite apply to them.
Abstract
This talk has two goals. On the one hand, it discusses recent phase-theoretic conceptions of “strict cyclicity,” which typically involve the application of an operation (Spell-Out, Transfer, etc.); in particular, I discuss the possibility that Transfer does not remove the syntactic objects created in the course of a derivation (which I relate to the similar role played by the Phase Impenetrability and the No Tampering Conditions). On the other hand, I review the empirical evidence suggesting that NPs and PPs do not align with CPs and vPs when it comes to certain strict-cyclicity defining properties; although the facts do not argue that NPs and PPs are locality-free domains, they do suggest that the notion “phase” (sensu Chomsky 2000 et seq.) does not quite apply to them.
| Building: | Hutchins Hall |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | AEM Featured, colloquium, Discussion, Language |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department of Linguistics |
