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Remnant Raising and VSO Clausal Architecture: A Case Study of San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec

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San Lucas Quiavin? Zapotec, an endangered and little-examined indigenous language of Mexico, shows a range of syntactic and morphological phenomena incompatible with standard Minimalist accounts of verb movement. This work proposes a VP-remnant raising account for these phenomena, motivated by Kayne’s (1992) antisymmetry program. The book also examines the consequences of phrasal remnant movement for negation constructions, and the interpretation of tense, aspect, and mood.

Author(s): Felicia Lee
Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 285

Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 8
1. An Introduction to San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec......Page 13
2. Background and Theoretical Assumptions......Page 41
3. The Syntax of Verb Raising in SLQZ: Arguments for VP Raising......Page 61
4. Further Consequences of VP-Remnant Movement: Some Common Negation Structures in SLQZ......Page 119
5. More on the Structure of the Left Periphery: The Syntax of Questions......Page 177
6. The Interaction of Tense and Aspect in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec......Page 211
C......Page 281
H......Page 282
L......Page 283
P......Page 284
Z......Page 285