new uci dissertations linguistics irvine linguistics students association pleased announce publication following two uci dissertations linguistics feature attraction category movement brian k agbayani university california irvine 1998 dissertation presents new theory movement generative grammar within framework minimalist program chomsky 1993 1994 1995 important aspect new theory departs standard view move unitary operation dissertation three main goals first goal simplify theory feature checking way single structural configuration namely headadjunction structure holds feature checking overt covert syntax second goal present evidence split movement hypothesis according set formal features associated category move separate structural positions syntax claim ug makes attract move available form attract f category movement respectively former satisfies formal requirement feature checking latter yields phonological displacement effect overt movement theory thus abandons treatment move unitary operation third goal explore consequences proper characterization locality syntax split movement approach opens novel way account traditional subjacency condition extraction domain effects huang 1982a fall chomsky 1995 attract f theory argued attract f category movement subject different types economy conditions traditional subjacency condition extraction domain effects given unified account contrary barriers approach chomsky 1986a theory also derives number previously mysterious properties related cross linguistic variation extractability islands relative strength island effects nature successivecyclic movement dissertation presents new approach movement syntax overcomes conceptual empirical shortcomings traditional approach gaining new insights previously mysterious phenomena properties natural languages parametrization features syntax sze wing tang university california irvine 1998 major focus study propose restrictive theory parameters universal grammar terms principlesand parameters approach propose semantic features invariant across languages features may play role derivation n pf interface level including phonetic features categorial features affix features subject parametric variation called overt parametrization hypothesis oph argued affix features associated word subject parametric variation movement largely determined morphology movement overt component signaled impoverished morphology movement morphologically rich elements takes place phonological component approach variety syntactic differences among chinese cantonese mandarin english french japanese navajo hebrew accounted based idea parametrization affix features claim affix feature v english affix feature missing chinese consequently v movement chinese v moves vp english number apparently disparate differences two languages including postverbal nophrases distribution focus elements binominal sov focalization construction scopal ambiguity quantifiers definiteness preverbal numeral phrases gapping heavy np shift receive unified explanation data presented evidence claim categorial features subject parametric variation primarily based small clauses chinese english japanese argued chinese small clauses bare english small clauses notso bare japanese allows types small clauses major typological differences among languages regarding structure small clauses derived parameter related combination categorial features nouns adjectives findings lend support oph also available uci dissertations linguistics griffith teresa 1996 projecting transitivity agreement ikawa hajime 1996 overt movement reflex morphology ishii toru 1997 asymmetry composition phrase structure consequences li xiaoguang 1997 deriving distributivity mandarin chinese takano yuji 1996 movement parametric variation syntax zoerner cyril edward 1995 coordination syntax p us 14 plus shipping handling uci working papers linguistics volume 3 1997 edited luther chen sheng liu kazue takeda articles appearing third volume brian agbayani category raising adjunction minimality lisa lai shen cheng partial wh movement naoki fukui attract principle toru ishii crossing constraint minimal link condition luther chen sheng liu light verb accusative ing gerund taiwanese yuji takano scrambling partial object shift kazue takeda note locality category movement feature movement sze wing tang parametric approach resultative construction chinese english miyoko yashui identification ellipses empty categories us 14 plus shipping handling uci working papers linguistics volume 2 proceedings south western optimality theory workshop swot ii edited brian agbayani naomi harada us 12 plus shipping handling uci working papers linguistics volume 1 edited brian agbayani kazue takeda sze wing tang us 12 plus shipping handling shipping handling per item domestic 4 canada 6 mexico 7 airmail 5 surface elsewhere 12 airmail 7 surface international shipping handling rates subject numbers items ordered location please contact ilsa orion 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