Tην Πέμπτη 24-11-2022, στις 12:00 στο Εργαστήριο Φωνητικής και Υπολογιστικής Γλωσσολογίας (622) θα πραγματοποιηθεί δια ζώσης σεμινάριο έτος με θέμα "Extraction without an escape-hatch: The case of Greek possessor extraction". Τη διάλεξη θα παρουσιάσουν οι προσκεκλημένοι ομιλητές Νίκος Αγγελόπουλος (Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης) και Δημήτρης Μιχελιουδάκης (Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης).
Extraction without an escape hatch: the case of Greek possessor extraction
Nikos Angelopoulos (University of Crete) & Dimitris Michelioudakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Possessor sub-extraction from DPs, (1) from Greek, is standardly analyzed as a 2-step process, with movement to Spec,DP followed by A’-movement of the possessor into the left periphery, (2):
(1) <Pjanu> dhiavases to vivlio < pjanu>?
whose.GEN read.2SG the book.ACC whose.GEN ‘Whose book did you read?’
(2) [CP PjanuDP [C’ [TP diavasesV+T [… [VP diavasesV [DP pjanu [D’ to [NP vivlioNP pjanuDP]]]]]]]]
Based on new evidence we present against (2), we propose an alternative derivation that is compatible with the idea that D is a bounding node, and in which possessor can be separated from the possessum. Our analysis differs from the one in (2) in that Greek D lacks an escape hatch. We show that assuming an escape hatch yields patterns that are unattested whereas an analysis where Spec,DP is not projected is a lot more restrictive, and accounts for the distribution of possessor extraction in different contexts. A number of theoretical conclusions having to do with (a) remnant movement, when it applies, whether or not it is a permissive operation, (b) the status of different functional heads such as P,D, and n as phases will be shown to follow. Lastly, a new cross-linguistic typology of possessor extraction will be shown to follow from our analysis. We will discuss preliminary evidence in support of it from different languages.