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The derivation of highest subject questions and the nature of the EPP

Author(s) -

Troy Messick

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

glossa a journal of general linguistics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2397-1835

DOI - 10.5334/gjgl.1029

Subject(s) - subject (documents) , linguistics , matrix (chemical analysis) , psychology , cognitive science , computer science , mathematics , philosophy , library science , materials science , composite material

This squib argues that matrix subject wh-phrases reside in SpecCP and moreover during the course of the derivation, never move to SpecTP. This observation raises an immediate problem for languages with a strong EPP requirement on T, such as English. I argue that Chomsky (2013)’s approach to EPP effects (and other similar approaches) predict the observed pattern, while other prominent theories of the EPP fail to account for it.

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