Wednesday, July 29, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Syntax Group
Dan Milway (Ph.D. 2019): "A workspace-based theory of adjuncts."
In this paper (available here), I propose a novel theory adjuncts according to which adjuncts, like arguments, are derived in their own workspaces which, unlike arguments, are not incorporated into the main workspace. I formalize this proposal and, in the process modify several components of the syntax including semantic composition, Merge, workspaces and linearization. I close by demonstrating that my proposal naturally handles the phenomena of adjunct islands and parasitic gaps and providesa novel explanation of adjunct ordering constraints.
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