A Movement Theory of Anaphora (Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] Book 120)

Under the tenet shared by Hornstein and Kayne that rules of construal need to be recaptured by the operation Move, this book aims to construct a movement theory of anaphora according to which anaphoric relations are established through movement of pro. This theory has significant theoretical implications for reconstruction effects and pro-drop phenomena. It has brought binding theory into the realm of the Minimalist Program. Contents 8 Preface 6 1 Introduction 10 2 Basic Architecture of Deriving Anaphoric Relations via Move 17 2.1 Pro-Movement 17 2.2 Restrictions on Dependency 23 2.2.1 Upward Movement: Deriving Condition C Effects 23 2.2.2 Sideward Movement: Deriving Non-C-Commanding Anaphora 24 2.2.3 Across-the-Board Movement: Deriving Weakest Crossover 30 2.2.4 Standard Weak Crossover Revisited 39 2.2.5 Minimality: Deriving Strong Crossover 42 3 Deriving Cases of Barss’s (1986) Chain Obviation Condition 48 3.1 Advantages of Barss’s (1986) Chain Obviation Condition 48 3.2 Deriving the Cases of the COC by the Movement Theory 51 4 Do A- and A’-Movement Reconstruct? 66 4.1 An Apparent Paradox Regarding A-Movement Reconstruction 66 4.2 Reconstruction regarding Negative Conditions 79 5 Locality of Empty Pronouns in Japanese 85 5.1 Locality of Empty Pronouns 85 5.2 A-Pro as a Bound Variable 95 5.3 Deriving the SSC Effect from A-Movement 106 5.4 Implications for the Pro-Drop Parameter 119 6 Evidence for Operator Movement of Pro 125 6.1 Multiple Occurrences of Generic Pro 126 6.2 A Unification of Anaphoric and Generic Pro in Operator Movement 135 6.3 Operator Movement of Pro and the Locality with Its Antecedent 144 7 An Extension to the NOC Cases of PRO 154 7.1 Lebeaux’s (1984) Theory of PRO 155 7.2 Incorporating the NOC Cases of PRO into the Movement Theory 158 7.3 An Overall Picture of the Theory of Pro/PRO 171 8 A Movement Theory of Reflexives 180 8.1 Lexical Ambiguity of Zibun: Pure Anaphor or Logophor 180 8.2 A Movement Theory of Zibun 186 8.3 Multiple Occurrences of Zibun 195 8.4 Multiple Occurrences of Generic Zibun 204 9 Conclusions 215 References 217 Index 222 Under the tenet shared by Horn stein (2001, 2009) and Kayne (2002) that rules of construal need to be recaptured by the operation Move, this book aims to construct a movement theory of anaphora according to which anaphoric relations are established through movement of unpronounced pronoun, i.e., pro. It is proposed that apparent insensitivity of these relations to locality conditions is attributed to a repair strategy such as pronouncing the tail of the resulting chain. This theory has significant theoretical implications for reconstruction effects and pro-drop phenomena. It enables us to solve the contradictory properties of reconstruction effects of Binding Conditions A, B and C by reformulating them under the movement theory of anaphora. It lends strong support to a dichotomy a la Hornstein's (1999, 2001) movement theory of control by examining Japanese null arguments: local anaphoric relations are captured by A-movement of pro whereas long-distance relations are mediated by operator movement of pro. This dichotomy is further supported by the dual properties of the Japanese reflexive zibun. This book develops a movement theory of anaphora to such an extent as binding theory is subsumed under the realm of the Minimalist Program. Book jacket The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert