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Stabler - Lx 185/209 2003
dP 7
maria
cP
c tP
dP
maria makes tortillas for me on tuesday: c
t 7
t’
t accP
v
makes
vP 2
dP
t 1
P
for
PP 6
accP
ɛ:: =t c maria makes tortillas for me on tuesday: t
makes tortillas for me on tuesday: +k t, maria: -k
dP 1
tortillas
dP
t 5
pP
dP 5
me
accP
pP
acc’
acc benP
pP
p PP
ɛ:: =acc +k t makes tortillas for me on tuesday: acc, maria: -k
makes tortillas for me on tuesday: =d acc
tortillas for me on tuesday: +v =d acc, makes: -v
for me on tuesday: +k +v =d acc, makes: -v, tortillas: -k
ɛ:: =ben +k +v =d acc for me on tuesday: ben, makes: -v, tortillas: -k
on tuesday: =p ben, makes: -v, tortillas: -k
ɛ:: =tem =p ben on tuesday: tem, makes: -v, tortillas: -k
ɛ: =p tem, makes: -v, tortillas: -k
ɛ:: =v =p tem makes: v -v, tortillas: -k
makes:: =d v -v tortillas:: d -k
t 6
P
on
PP 4
dP
t 3
on tuesday: p
tuesday: +p p, on: -p
pP
maria:: d -k
ɛ: +k +p p, on: -p, tuesday: -k
ben’
ben temP
dP 3
tuesday
ɛ:: =P +k +p p on: P -p, tuesday: -k
pP
pP
p PP
temP
tem vP
t 4
on:: =d P -p tuesday:: d -k
t 2
for me: p
me: +p p, for: -p
ɛ: +k+pp,for:-p,me:-k
ɛ:: =P +k +p p for: P -p, me: -k
for:: =d P -p me:: d -k
This is not very appealing, since the temporal adverb is so low in the structure. It is more natural to
think that the temporal adverb should be attached high, outside of the rest of the verbal structure,
maybe even at the tense projection. Something like this can be done as follows.
c. PPs with “rolling up” of lower structure
We get more natural selection relations following the spirit of (Koopman and Szabolcsi, 2000b) by
recursively rolling up our structures:
=tem +k t =ben =p +ben tem =acc =p +acc ben -ben =v +k +v =d acc -acc
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