Abstract
We show that if Chomsky's (1993) locality theory is adopted, then it is necessary to postulate VP-internal functional projections in order to account for object shift in double object constructions in Icelandic. We account for these functional projections by analyzing ditransitive verbs as causative constructions, where a causative "light verb" takes a TP complement. Finally, we show that the VP-internal functional structure is independently needed to account for word order phenomena in particle constructions in Icelandic.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 391-444 |
Number of pages | 54 |
Journal | Linguistic Inquiry |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - Jun 1996 |
Keywords
- Double object constructions
- Icelandic
- Locality theory
- Minimalism
- Object shift
- Particle constructions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language