Recent literature has described several cases of hybrid A/A′-movement (van
Urk 2015, Erlewine 2018, Colley & Privoznov 2021), including the
observation that there may be several subcases of such movement (Scott
2021). This paper presents novel evidence from Tira (Kordofanian:Sudan) for
two different types of hybrid A/A′-movement characteristic of topic vs.
focus clauses in the language. Topic clauses target an XP for movement with
both φ- and [TOPIC]-features. Focus clauses, built on relative clauses,
only target an [A′]-feature, although they nevertheless show φ-agreement,
hence constituting a novel case of overagreement. This distinction is
derived with the interaction-satisfaction model of Agree (Deal to appear):
φ-features are part of the interaction condition of the focus head but not
its satisfaction condition.
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Peter Jenks (he/him)
Associate Professor, UC Berkeley
Chair, Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors, and Financial Aid
(CUSHFA)
http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~jenks
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