A principled exception to the Müller-Takano Generalization: A belated follow-up to Richards (2004)
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: According to the Müller-Takano Generalization (Müller 1993; Takano 1994), a remnant that contains a trace resulting from a given type of movement cannot itself undergo that same type of movement. I argue that Richards’ (2004) data from Bulgarian “Russian-doll” wh-questions constitute principled exceptions to this generalization under an approach that derives it from a minimality condition on movement paths. Alternative approaches to the generalization have a harder time deriving such exceptions.
DOI: 10.16995/glossa.6404
Author: Stanislao Zompì
Institution: University of Potsdam
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $551
OpenAlex ID: W4405239795