Multiple case assignment : an Amis case study
Thesis: Ph. D. in Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2018.
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| author | Chen, Tingchun |
| author2 | Sabine Iatridou, David Pesetsky and Norvin Richards. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1206722019-04-12T13:37:43Z Multiple case assignment : an Amis case study Chen, Tingchun Sabine Iatridou, David Pesetsky and Norvin Richards. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Linguistics and Philosophy. Thesis: Ph. D. in Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2018. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307). This dissertation investigates two case-related phenomena: aspect-conditioned differential subject case marking and overt case-stacking, and why case morphology on a DP may correlate with movement of a DP. Guided by data from Amis (Formosan, Austronesian), I argue that case assignment may apply to a single DP more than once and case-stacking is overt realisation of multiple case assignment. In Amis, a DP surfaces with all the cases it has been assigned when it is a contrastive topic. Moreover, Amis provides strong evidence for treating case-stacking truly as stacking of multiple cases, instead of stacking a focus marker on top of a case marker. In addition, I propose that case morphology and whether a DP can undergo certain type of movement are both mediated by [phi]-agreement. In particular, each successful [phi]-agreement with a DP introduces to the DP a K(ase), a structural correlate of morphological case. This is based on the behaviour of subjects of perfective clauses. Subjects of perfective clauses receive genitive case in a neutral context but appear with an additional nominative case when they are contrastive topics. Moreover, there are more restrictions on moving these subjects, compared with nominative-marked subjects of imperfective clauses. I posit that subjects of perfective clauses become [phi]-defective as a result of agreeing with perfective Asp(ect). This is manifested in one less case assignment, which results in genitive case on the surface, and inability to be attracted by certain complex A/Ā-movement probes. by Tingchun Chen. Ph. D. in Linguistics 2019-03-01T19:56:58Z 2019-03-01T19:56:58Z 2018 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120672 1088505425 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 307 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Linguistics and Philosophy. Chen, Tingchun Multiple case assignment : an Amis case study |
| title | Multiple case assignment : an Amis case study |
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| title_short | Multiple case assignment : an Amis case study |
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| topic | Linguistics and Philosophy. |
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