Cartography, Criteria, and Labeling
Cartography, Criteria, and Labeling
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DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190210588.003.0017
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2015
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L. Rizzi
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L. Rizzi
In classical X-bar theory, labels of categories were determined by the X-bar schema: A head entering syntax would automatically generate its own projection. In a Merge-based system, the question arises of how the label is assigned to the new node created by Merge; if the system is constrained by the Inclusiveness condition (Chomsky 1995), the label must come from one of the two elements undergoing Merge (and, ultimately, from the lexical items that they consist of). So, a labeling algorithm is needed. Recent research suggests that the algorithm may provide an important new tool to revisit old problems in a principled way, and to generate new analytic paths (Chomsky 2008, 2013; Cecchetto and Donati 2010).In this paper I will explore the consequences of a labeling algorithm for the system of Criteria (Rizzi 1991, 1997, 2011). In particular, I will adopt the algorithm introduced in Chomsky (2013), propose a particular formalization for it, and use it to capture the freezing effects that are observed when a phrase reaches a position dedicated to a scope-discourse semantic property (“criterial freezing”: Rizzi 2006, 2011). The central goal here is to explore the possibility that labeling may provide a comprehensive solution to what may be called “the halting problem” for wh-movement, and in fact for all kinds of phrasal movement: why is it that the element moved successive-cyclically must pass through certain positions without stopping and must stop in certain other positions? Chomsky’s analysis provides an answer to the first question; I will try to address the second question, and trace back to labeling the freezing effects observed in criterial positions. This will also require some refinements of the basic properties of Bare Phrase Structure.