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22 Cards in this Set
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Case
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(note capital 'C') - an abstract feature reflecting an NP's structural position; may or may not be realized morphologically
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Government requisites
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(1) A is governor; (2) A m-commands B; (3) no barriers
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governors
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heads except for [-tense] I (Infl)
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m-command
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A m-commands B if first XP above A dominates B (and neither A nor B dominates -e.g.has a downward path towards- the other)
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barriers
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maximal projections other than IP (i.e. any XP other than IP)
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Case
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(note capital 'C') abstract feature reflecting an NP's structural position; may or may not be realized morphologically
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Government requisites
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A governs B if: (1) A is a governor; (2) If A m-commands B; (3) There are no barriers on the m-command path between A & B
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governors
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heads, except for [-tense] I (Infl)
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m-command
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A m-commands B if the first XP above A dominates B (and neither A nor B dominates the other)
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Case filter
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every overt NP must be assigned abstract case
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VP-internal subject hypothesis
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problem it solved: all theta roles except agent are assigned w/in projection of head that assigns the role; Solution: have subject originate in Spec of VP
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trace
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The empty category that is left behind after a movement operation
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Xo Movement
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Movement of head to another head position by adjunction (C -> I C branch from 1st C)
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XP Movement
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Movement of a phrasal category to an empty specifier position (e.g. VP internal NP to spec of IP). 2 kinds: (1) A movement; (2) A' movement
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A movement
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movement to an A position (a position in which an argument can occur in D-structure; essentially a subject or complement position)
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A' movement
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movement to an A' position (a position to which a theta role is never assigned - e.g. Spec of CP)
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direction of GB movement
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Always 'upward'--i.e. to a higher position in the tree structure
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Want-to contraction
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shows traces from DS (who do they want to/wanna see ti VS. who do the *wanna/want ti to stay)
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Case assignment rules
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(1) [+tense] I assigns Nominative Case to an NP that it governs; (2) (transitive) V assigns; (3) P assigns Objective Case to an NP that it governs; (4) N assigns Genitive Case to an NP that it governs
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Exceptional Case Marking (ECM)
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Patterns in which verb has a special lexical property that allows it to take IP as its complement
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The Case Resistance Principle
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Everything besides NP's resist case (CP, IP, VP, and PP)
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Burzio's Generalization
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An influenctial view of the relationship between Case and theta roles: "A verb assigns objective Case if and only if it assigns an external theta role"
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