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Q9 ANSWERS 1-4 I. Indicate whether the italicized material is a control or raising predicate. (4 pts) 1. She is unlikely to scare them. a) control b) raising.

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1 Q9 ANSWERS 1-4 I. Indicate whether the italicized material is a control or raising predicate. (4 pts) 1. She is unlikely to scare them. a) control b) raising 2. She is keen to scare them. a) control b) raising 3. She is on the verge of scaring them. a) control b) raising 4. She is reluctant to scare them. a) control b) raising 11/12/12 1 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

2 Q9 ANSWERS 5-9 5. In the sentence “I am happy”, what is the probe? a) I b) am c) happy d) none of the above 6. In the sentence “I am happy”, what is the goal (of the probe)? a) I b) am c) happy d) none of the above 7. Which of the following is a phi feature? a) Tense b) Person c) Case d) all of the above 8. Which of the following is an uninterpretable feature? a) Tense b) Person c) Case d) none of the above 9. Which type of feature must be deleted? a) valued b) unvalued c) interpretable d) uninterpretable 11/12/12 2 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

3 Q9 ANSWER 10 10. What feature(s) does expletive there have? a) person b) person, number c) person, number, case d) person, number, case, tense 11/12/12 3 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

4 Agreement 3 Nov 12, 2012 – Day 31 Introduction to Syntax ANTH 3590/7590 Harry Howard Tulane University

5 C OURSE MANAGEMENT http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/ANTH3590/ We need to spend our $150 from the Provost’s Undergraduate Activities Fund. Final project 11/12/12 5 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

6 11/12/12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 6

7 AGREEMENT, CASE & A- MVT Radford §7.7-9 11/12/12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 7

8 AGREEMENT & A- MOVEMENT Radford §7.7 11/12/12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 8

9 I NTRODUCTION Recall that we postulated multiple agreement for expletive there in the passive voice, i.e. agreement with the complement of V. So why can’t an active transitive verb agree with its complement? i. He has arrested them. (44) ii. *He have arrested them. Because there must be agreement in accusative case between the transitive verb and its complement, which makes the complement’s phi features inactive after it takes place, see next slide. 11/12/12 9 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

10 -------- ---------- ----------- -------------- - PRN he [3-Pers] [Sg-Num] [Nom-Case] PRN he [3-Pers] [Sg-Num] [ -Case] --------- ---------- ------- --------------- - PRN them [3-Pers] [Pl-Num] [ -Case] A N ACTIVE / TRANSITIVE CLAUSE (45) 11/14/12 ANTH 3590/ 7590, Harry Howa rd, Tulan e 10 CP TP CøCø T’T’ VPT HAVE [Past-Tns] [ -Pers] [ -Num] [EPP] V arrested V' Acc 3 Pl Nom

11 EPP & AGREEMENT IN CONTROL INFINITIVES §7.8 11/12/12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 11

12 I NTRODUCTION Assumptions about content of infinitival to null non-finite tense, [Nf-Tns] null phi features Null case assignment (48) An unvalued case feature [on a pronoun] goal is valued as null via agreement with a T probe carrying null tense. 11/12/12 12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

13 T to [Nf-Tns] [ -Pers] [ -Num] [EPP] PRN you [3-Pers] [Pl-Num] [ -Case] -------- ---------- ----------- PRN PRO [3-Pers] [PL-Num] [Null-Case] PRN PRO [3-Pers] [Pl-Num] [ -Case] A N INFINITIVAL CONTROL CLAUSE (50-51) THEY DECIDED TO HELP YOU 11/12/12 13 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane CP TP C for T’T’ VP V help V' Acc 3 Pl Null --------- ---------- ------- --------------- - …

14 EPP & PERSON AGREEMENT IN DEFECTIVE CLAUSES §7.9 11/12/12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 14

15 I NTRODUCTION The infinitival to of raising/ECM/defective clauses has an EPP feature. See Radford for evidence It also carries a person feature, but not a number feature. See Radford for evidence Summary: Feature composition of T in English (60) i. T carries an EPP feature and a person feature in all types of clauses. ii. T adds a number feature in CPs, so TPs do not have one. 11/12/12 15 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

16 -------- ---------- ----------- ------------- PRN she [3-Pers] [Sg-Num] [ -Case] PRN she [3-Pers] [Sg-Num] [ -Case] T to [Nf-Tns] [ -Pers] [EPP] --------- ---------- A N INFINITIVAL RAISING CLAUSE (62-5) S HE IS LIKELY TO SUCCEED. 11/12/12 16 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane AP TP Adj likely T’T’ VP V succeed V' 3 VP V be [Pres-Tns] [ -Pers] [ -Num] TP T’T’ Nom 3Sg3Sg -------- ---------- ----------- ------------- PRN she [3-Pers] [Sg-Num] [Nom-Case] T be [Pres-Tns] [ -Pers] [ -Num] [EPP] -------- ---------- ----------- ------------- --------------- -------------- ----------- --------------- - …

17 T [Pres-Tns] [ -Pers] [ -Num] [EPP] -------- ---------- ----------- ------------- PRN she [3-Pers] [Sg-Num] [ -Case] PRN she [3-Pers] [Sg-Num] [ -Case] T to [Nf-Tns] [ -Pers] [EPP] --------- ---------- A SIMPLER INFINITIVAL RAISING CLAUSE (62-5) S HE SEEMS TO SUCCEED. 11/12/12 17 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane TP T’T’ VP V succeed V' 3 VP V seem TP T’T’ Nom 3Sg3Sg -------- ---------- ----------- ------------- PRN she [3-Pers] [Sg-Num] [Nom-Case] --------------- -------------- ----------- --------------- - CP CøCø

18 NEXT TIME Continue §7 11/12/12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 18


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