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A generalized rightward movement analysis of Antecedent Contained Deletion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1999

JUN ABE  and
HIROTO HOSHI
JUN ABE
Affiliation:
Nagoya University
HIROTO HOSHI
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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Abstract

In this paper, we will argue that the LF Object Shift analysis of the infinite regress resolution of Antecedent Contained Deletion is untenable conceptually and empirically. Generalizing Baltin's (1987) CP Extraposition analysis, we will instead propose that any type of rightward movement, including NP and PP Rightward Shift, is available for the infinite regress resolution. Furthermore, we will show that our generalized rightward movement analysis explains a wider range of data than the LF Object Shift analysis. Finally, we will address a question as to why rightward movement, which is non-feature checking movement, is triggered/involved in Antecedent Contained Deletion. We will suggest a way to derive this property under the assumptions of Chomsky's (1993, 1995) Minimalist Program.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Linguistics , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , November 1999 , pp. 451 - 487
Copyright
1999 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Earlier versions of this paper were presented at Yokohama National University in 1995 and at Nanzan University in 1996. We would like to thank Daisuke Inagaki, Ruth Kempson, Shalom Lappin, Anna Pettiward, Mamoru Saito, Peter Sells, Chris Tancredi and especially two anonymous JL referees and Howard Gregory for their invaluable comments and criticisms. The research of the second author was supported in part by research funds from the British Academy, the Japan Foundation Endowment Committee, and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.