4. Jun 2024
Roland Hinterhölzl
Università Ca' Foscari, Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali Comparati
Privileged Access, V2 and the that trace-effect
Gemeinsame Veranstaltung mit dem Institut für Romanistik der Universität Wien
Abstract: In this paper, I present a novel approach to the that trace-effect that is based on the insight that subjects stand out in having privileged access to the C-domain. Paradoxically, this privilege of subjects that is visible in local, that is, clause-internal movement leads to a handicap in long distance movement. The effect appears in languages that have a low phase edge in the C-domain, that is, when FinP (and not ForceP) functions as the phase edge for movement of TP-internal constituents into the C-domain. The effect is expected to be absent in languages with a high phase edge in the C-domain, that is, when ForceP functions as the phase edge for constituents moving out of the T-domain.