| Autor(es): |
Hornstein, Norbert
;
Nunes, Jairo
Número total de Autores: 2
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| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | BIOLINGUISTICS; v. 2, n. 1, p. 30-pg., 2008-12-01. |
| Resumo | |
This article argues for a version of bare phrase structure which maintains that - contrary to the standard view on phrase structure - adjunction structures are simpler than structures involving complements and specifiers. Assuming with Hornstein (forthcoming) that the operation Merge is to be decomposed into two basic operations, namely, Concatenate and Label, the article shows that whereas the building of complements and specifiers requires that the output of a Concatenate operation be labeled, adjuncts may only require concatenation to receive a proper interpretation at the interface. It is argued that taking adjunction structures to be label-less concatenates not only complies with Chomsky's (1995) Inclusiveness Condition, but also makes it possible to account in a principled manner for the dual behavior of adjuncts, which sometimes behave as integral parts of the target of adjunction and some other times behave as completely independent elements. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 06/00965-2 - Sintaxe gerativa do português brasileiro na entrada do século XXI: minimalismo e interfaces |
| Beneficiário: | Jairo Morais Nunes |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático |