AGAINST “PURE” EPP CHECKING: EVIDENCE FROM FURTHER-RAISING

In this paper I attempt to throw some light on the issue of whether we need to appeal to an EPP feature (EPP-F) in order to account for why Tense heads demand that a specifier be created. I briefly review Bošković’s (2002) proposal that there is no “pure” EPP checking, and that instances of DP movem...

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Main Author: Gerardo Fernández-Salgueiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Crane Publishing Co 2011-06-01
Series:Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
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Online Access:http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume9-1/9.1-4Gerardo.pdf