Head movement and linear edges
Kenyon Branan, Hedde Zeijlstra
December 2024
 

In this paper, we have set out to model classical head movement effects as the consequence of a particular linearization mechanism, rather than a structure-altering transformation. In other words, we argue that such effects do not involve movement. On this approach, classical head movement effects involve linearizing a head at the edge of the phrase it heads, with other orders being blocked as a consequence of the PF needs of the next head up. We have demonstrated how this approach works to derive the difference between French-like and English-like languages. We discussed two potential extensions of the model to account for mixed-headed languages like German. Finally, we saw that the theory leads us to expect scrambling to be possible in some languages but impossible in others.
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keywords: head movement, linearization, edges, cyclicality, morphology, syntax
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