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this bread T VP 3 5 tp 3 A' PP OP 3 C' FIGURE 1: Structure of tough-movement: This bread was easy for Ged to bake yesterday. TP DP 3 T' was 3 V' yesterday 3 AP AP CP 1 qp 2 6 2 easy t 1 for Ged 2 PRO 2 to bake e 3 6
TABLE 1: Properties of "On wh-movement constructions" Diagnostic TM Degree clauses Parasitic gaps Infinitival relatives Tensed relatives and questions Sensitive to Ā-islands yes yes yes yes yes Creates Ā-islands yes yes unknowable unknowable yes Licenses PGs yes yes yes yes yes Highest subject gap no no no yes yes DO gap in DOC no no no yes * yes S/O asymmetries yes yes yes yes no ** Montalbetti's OPC pronoun ? ? ? trace† Adjunct gap no yes no yes yes Tense sensitivity high high high mild low Embedding sensitivity high high high mild low Highest clause tense inf. inf. inf./fin. inf. fin. Overt subject no no yes yes yes Overt operator no no no pied-piped yes Notes to Table 1: * Cf. ?Looking for a book to give a friend? vs. ?*This book is difficult to give a friend. ** Yes if the gap is in an island. † Montalbetti's OPC diagnoses as a trace the gap in tensed questions; for the more complex situation of relative clause gaps, see Montalbetti (1984:138 note 18). 7
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Page 7 and 8: Adopting the copy theory for traces
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Page 29 and 30: References Abeillé, A., Goddard, D
Page 31 and 32: Kaplan, R. M. and Bresnan, J. 1982.
Page 33: Rizzi, L. Forthcoming. "On the form

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