Book contents
- Continuing Syntax
- Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Continuing Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Configuration and Hierarchy
- 1 Goals and Basic Assumptions
- 2 Hierarchy I: Phrase Structure and Grammatical Functions
- 3 Hierarchy II: C-Command, Head-Movement and Locality
- 4 Hierarchy and Categories I: Refining the Structure of the Clause and the VP
- 5 Hierarchy and Categories II: The Structure of Nominals
- 6 Case and the Nature of Infinitives
- 7 Features, Case and Agreement
- 8 Hierarchy and Linear Order
- 9 The Origins of Hierarchy: Bare Phrase Structure
- Part II Locality
- Glossary
- Book part
- Index
- References
3 - Hierarchy II: C-Command, Head-Movement and Locality
from Part I - Configuration and Hierarchy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 October 2025
Book contents
- Continuing Syntax
- Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Continuing Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Configuration and Hierarchy
- 1 Goals and Basic Assumptions
- 2 Hierarchy I: Phrase Structure and Grammatical Functions
- 3 Hierarchy II: C-Command, Head-Movement and Locality
- 4 Hierarchy and Categories I: Refining the Structure of the Clause and the VP
- 5 Hierarchy and Categories II: The Structure of Nominals
- 6 Case and the Nature of Infinitives
- 7 Features, Case and Agreement
- 8 Hierarchy and Linear Order
- 9 The Origins of Hierarchy: Bare Phrase Structure
- Part II Locality
- Glossary
- Book part
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter we continue our investigation of hierarchy by looking at head-movement, i.e. how heads of phrases may move and combine. In addition to seeing how this kind of movement works in technical terms, and what the empirical motivation for it is, we also introduce a major locality condition, the Head Movement Constraint. Then we return briefly to the topic of passives, and introduce raising. Finally, we make a first attempt at formulating a general notion of locality which unifies the Head Movement Constraint with a locality condition applying to both passives and raising.
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- Continuing SyntaxHierarchy and Locality, pp. 55 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
References
Further Reading
Adger, D. 2003. Core Syntax. Oxford: Blackwell, Chapter 5.10.1093/oso/9780199243709.001.0001CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Freidin, R. 2012. Syntax: Basic concepts and applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Haegeman, L. & Guéron, J.. 1999. English Grammar: A generative perspective. Oxford: Blackwell, 306–26.Google Scholar
Radford, A. 2016. Analysing English Sentences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Chapter 5.10.1017/CBO9780511980312CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Roberts, I. 2001. Head movement. In Baltin, Mark R. & Collins, Chris (eds.), The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 113–47.Google Scholar
Sportiche, D., Koopman, H. & Stabler, E.. 2013. An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory. Oxford: Wiley/Blackwell, 191–206, 332–5.Google Scholar
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