The left periphery of CP phases in Japanese

K. Yoshimoto
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This paper discusses syntactic conditions under which complement clauses constitute a phase in Japanese. Since CPs are assumed to be phasal (Chomsky 2000; 2001), it is predicted by the Phase Impenetrability Condition that phrasal extraction out of a CP complement must transit through the edge of the complement, i.e., Spec CP. As Spec CP is an Ā-position and movement through an Ā-position must create a uniform Ā-chain, phrasal extraction out of a phasal complement is expected to create an Ā-chain. However, evidence from Japanese suggests that long distance A-scrambling is permissible out of some complement clauses that are headed by an overt complementizer (Uchibori 2000). It follows therefore that the category CP is not sufficient to characterize clausal phases. In search for an alternative definition of clausal phases, I argue that main clause phenomena such as thematic topics and exhaustive foci are allowed only in phasal complements in Japanese. Assuming that Top and Foc are licensed by Force (Haegeman...
日本人CP相左周
本文讨论了日语中补语从句构成相的句法条件。因为CPs被认为是阶段性的(乔姆斯基2000;2001),相位不透性条件预测,从CP补体中提取短语必须穿过补体的边缘,即Spec CP。由于Spec CP是一个Ā-position,并且通过Ā-position的移动必须创建一个统一的Ā-chain,因此从相位补体中提取短语预计将创建一个Ā-chain。然而,来自日语的证据表明,在一些以显性补语开头的补语从句中,长距离a -加扰是允许的(Uchibori 2000)。因此,CP范畴不足以描述条款阶段的特征。为了寻找小句阶段的另一种定义,我认为主要的小句现象,如主题话题和穷尽焦点,只允许在日语的阶段补语中出现。假设Top和Foc是由Force授权的(Haegeman…
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