Agreeing and Moving across Traces: On Why Lower Copies May Be Transparent or Opaque
Within Minimalism, traces are often taken to be transparent for agreement and movement across them, which raises the question of how this could be properly accounted for within the copy theory of movement. This paper examines <i>wh</i>-traces in multiple <i>wh</i>-questions a...
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| description | Within Minimalism, traces are often taken to be transparent for agreement and movement across them, which raises the question of how this could be properly accounted for within the copy theory of movement. This paper examines <i>wh</i>-traces in multiple <i>wh</i>-questions and argues that traces (lower copies) may or may not induce intervention effects depending on whether or not they are fully specified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-acdb45e8d8824dc9bfde702c788749c82024-04-03T04:20:33ZengMDPI AGPhilosophies2409-92872021-12-0171310.3390/philosophies7010003Agreeing and Moving across Traces: On Why Lower Copies May Be Transparent or OpaqueJairo Nunes0Departamento de Linguística, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-900, BrazilWithin Minimalism, traces are often taken to be transparent for agreement and movement across them, which raises the question of how this could be properly accounted for within the copy theory of movement. This paper examines <i>wh</i>-traces in multiple <i>wh</i>-questions and argues that traces (lower copies) may or may not induce intervention effects depending on whether or not they are fully specified.https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/7/1/3copy theoryminimalityfeature valuationsuperiorityedge featuresmultiple <i>wh</i>-questions |
| spellingShingle | Jairo Nunes Agreeing and Moving across Traces: On Why Lower Copies May Be Transparent or Opaque Philosophies copy theory minimality feature valuation superiority edge features multiple <i>wh</i>-questions |
| title | Agreeing and Moving across Traces: On Why Lower Copies May Be Transparent or Opaque |
| title_full | Agreeing and Moving across Traces: On Why Lower Copies May Be Transparent or Opaque |
| title_fullStr | Agreeing and Moving across Traces: On Why Lower Copies May Be Transparent or Opaque |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agreeing and Moving across Traces: On Why Lower Copies May Be Transparent or Opaque |
| title_short | Agreeing and Moving across Traces: On Why Lower Copies May Be Transparent or Opaque |
| title_sort | agreeing and moving across traces on why lower copies may be transparent or opaque |
| topic | copy theory minimality feature valuation superiority edge features multiple <i>wh</i>-questions |
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