Introduction to Syntax Session 1

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Presentation Topic 5 VSO Languages (You have <strong>to</strong> have read the textbook up until Chapter 9 <strong>to</strong> complete this task.) Different languages have different prevailing word orders. Irish is one of the around 9% of the languages in the world that features a VSO word order. It is particularly interesting whether there is a VP (verb + object) constituent in such languages. Read the articles given on the next slide and present the arguments for and against the existence of a VP constituent in such sentences. Furthermore, give an outline of McCloskey’s view and his arguments. 27.05.2008 Some slides are adapted from material of A. Carnie 46
Presentation Topic 5 Paper for presentation-- • McCloskey, James (1983): A VP in a VSO language. In Gerald Gazdar, Geoff Pullam and Ivan Sag (eds.), Order Concord and Constituency. Foris, Dordrecht. [Reader, my office] Background reading— • Carnie, Andrew (2004): Flat Structure, Phrasal Variability and Non-Verbal Predication in Irish. Journal of Celtic Linguistics 9. [StudIP] 27.05.2008 Some slides are adapted from material of A. Carnie 47
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