A Smuggling Approach to Raising in English
A Smuggling Approach to Raising in English
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一种偷偷提高英语的方法
DOI:
10.1162/0024389053710701
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Chris Collins
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作者:
Chris Collins
In this squib, I analyze raising constructions involving an overt experiencer, as in the following example (I indicate lower occurrences or traces with the notation): (1) John seems to Mary [ to be nice]. The issue that (1) poses is the following: given the Minimal Link Condition (MLC) or Relativized Minimality (RM), why doesn't the DP 'Mary' block movement of the DP 'John' from the embedded clause to the matrix Spec,IP? In this squib, I will suggest a solution to this problem based on smuggling. The basic idea is that VP-movement smuggles the embedded subject 'John' past the experiencer 'Mary', thus avoiding a violation of the MLC/RM.