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Stabler - Lx 185/209 2003
Kayne assumes that the relative pronoun also originates in the same projection as the promoted head,
so we get analyses with the structure:
a. The hammeri [which ti]j [tjbroke th]k [the window]h tk
b. The windowi [which ti]j [the hammer]h [thbroke tj]k tk
We can obtain this kind of analysis by allowing noun heads of relative clauses to be focused, entering
the derivation with some kind of focus feature -f.
NB: focused lexical items in the second column.
the hammer fell: c
ɛ:: =t c the hammer fell: t
fell: +case t, the hammer: -case
ɛ:: =pred +case t fell: ɛ, the hammer: -case
the hammer broke the window: c
fell: =d pred
ɛ:: =v =d pred fell:: v
ɛ:: =t c the hammer broke the window: t
broke the window: +case t, the hammer: -case
ɛ:: =pred +case t broke the window: ɛ, the hammer: -case
broke the window: =d pred
ɛ:: =tr =d pred broke the window: tr
the window: +tr tr, broke: -tr
ɛ:: =case +tr tr the window: case, broke: -tr
ɛ: +case case, broke: -tr, the window: -case
=t c =t +whrel crel
=pred +case t
=n d -case the =n +f d -case -whrel which
=crel d -case the
n hammer n -f hammer
n window n -f window
=v +case case
=tr =d pred
=case +tr tr
=d v -tr broke
the hammer: d -case
the:: =n d -case hammer:: n
the hammer: d -case
the:: =n d -case hammer:: n
ɛ:: =v +case case broke: v -tr, the window: -case
broke:: =d v -tr the window: d -case
the:: =n d -case window:: n
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d
the
dP 3
d
the
dP1
cP
c tP
nP
hammer
cP
c tP
nP
hammer
t 3
v
t’
t predP
dP
broke
vP 2
t1
pred’
pred trP
t 1
dP
t’
t predP
dP
d
the
dP 1
pred’
pred vP
tr’
tr caseP
nP
window
fell
caseP
case vP
t 2