Reindexing and some asymmetries in Universal Grammar

The goal of the present study is to explore Chomsky's proposal in Barriers (Chomsky (1986a)) that the ECP can be reduced to a single condition, namely, antecedent government, by examining some asymmetries, such as subject/object asymmetries, superiority effects, and that-trace effects. I claim that the Reindexing Principle is a parameter, which accounts for the differences among languages with regard to the above typological asymmetries, together with some principles of feature percolation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Chen, Chun-Yin Doris

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kisseberth, Charles W.

• Language, Linguistics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Chen, Chun-Yin Doris

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9210761
(UMI)AAI9210761

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20651