Linguistics in Göttingen - A platform for empirical and theoretical linguistics

Andreas Blümel (Göttingen)

C-Hiding


— joint work with Nobu Goto (Toyo University) —

In this talk, we develop the idea that head movement of V or T to C forms an amalgam (cf. Chomsky 2015 on the vP-phase counterpart) such that relevant features on C are "hidden." As an effect, no SPEC-head-agreement (cf. EKS 2018; Kinjo 2018) between any XP and C in the clausal left periphery obtains and, concomitantly, no "shared label" can be determined by the labeling algorithm (as per Chomsky 2013). Assuming that unlabeled categories do not enter into selectional relations (Goto 2013; Blümel 2017; Chomsky, Gallego, Ott 2019), the Kayne/Rizzi/Roberts-effect is derived (Rizzi & Roberts 1989), which bans selection of clauses with V/T in C. Various ramifications are explored.