Do Arguments Appear Closer Crosslinguistically?

doi:None

Title	Authors

Files | Discussion Wiki | Discussion | Discussion

Home

We ask whether more argument-like phrases appear closer to their syntactic heads crosslinguistically via comparison of the Principle of Argument Closer and the Principle of Argument Precedence. We use as test cases constructions with VP instances that have one direct object NP and one PP dependent appearing on the same side *(Kobe praised [NP his oldest daughter ] [PP from the stands ]* vs. *Kobe praised [PP from the stands] [NP his oldest daughter ].* The two principles make the same prediction when the two dependents occur postverbally, whereas they work against each other when the two dependents occur preverbally. Overall, we show there is more ordering flexibility of the NP and the PP and weaker predictive power of argumenthood status in preverbal domains. **Any comments, questions and criticism are more than welcome! Come chat with me on Google hangout (yiliu@ucdavis.edu) if you'd like.**

OSF does not support the use of Internet Explorer. For optimal performance, please switch to another browser.

This website relies on cookies to help provide a better user experience. By clicking Accept or continuing to use the site, you agree. For more information, see our Privacy Policy and information on cookie use.

Start managing your projects on the OSF today.

Free and easy to use, the Open Science Framework supports the entire research lifecycle: planning, execution, reporting, archiving, and discovery.

Create an Account Learn More Hide this message

Main content

Home

Menu

Start managing your projects on the OSF today.

Main content

Links to this project

Home

Menu

Add new wiki page

Page permissions have changed

Wiki page deleted

Connected to the collaborative wiki

Connecting to the collaborative wiki

Collaborative wiki is unavailable

Browser unsupported

Start managing your projects on the OSF today.