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Read Murphy #59

Open stefan11 opened 5 months ago

stefan11 commented 5 months ago

Oliver Schallert

Please mention one of the arguments contra IP/TP, e.g. VP-topicalization:

[Gewartet auf sie] hat er nicht *dass er nicht gewartet auf sie hat

There is new work by Murphy (2021), who tries to argue for the ‘classic’ rightward movement analysis (right-headed IP). His arguments are note convincing as I remember them. If I remember correctly, he has nothing to say about the following cases: interveners between VP and IP get really bad as soons as there are more verbs in the verbal complex:

dass sie hätte warten (auf mich) sollen dass sie wohl warten können (auf mich) wird

Murphy, Andrew (2021): Rightward verb movement: A reappraisal. In Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics 24: 319–376.