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Split projections 3
Nov 28, 2012 – Day 35
Introduction to Syntax
ANTH 3590/7590
Harry Howard
Tulane University
COURSE MANAGEMENT
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http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/ANTH3590/
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REVIEW
SPLIT VP
The data
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She rolled the ball down the hill. (36a)
Two guesses
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she [V' [V rolled] [DP the ball] [PP down the hill]] (37)
She rolled [the ball down the hill] and [the acorn up the
mountain]. (38)
she [V' [V rolled] [DP the ball [PP down the hill]]]
*The ball down the hill will roll.
The ball will roll down the hill. (39b)
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THIRD GUESS: V SHELL ~ SPLIT VP (47)
V IS AN ABSTRACT CAUSATIVE LIGHT VERB, LIKE MAKE
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ForceP
Force
Ø
TP
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T’
PRN
they
T
will
vP
PRN
------they
agentive
v assigns AGENT to its
external argument
v'
v
roll+ ø
DP
the ball
thematic
V assigns THEME to its
external argument
VP
V'
V
------roll
V assigns LOCATIVE
to its internal argument
PP
down the hill
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Continue Radford §8.4
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SPLIT PROJECTIONS
A LOOK AT ADVERBS
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49a) They will gently roll the ball down the hill.
49b) They will roll the ball gently down the hill.
53a) He had deliberately rolled the ball gently
down the hill.
* 53b) He had gently rolled the ball deliberately
down the hill.
* 54a) Mary perfectly jumped the horse over the last
fence.
54b) Mary jumped the horse perfectly over the last
fence.
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Adverbs adjoin to v’ … (50)
ForceP
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Force
Ø
TP
T
will
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T’
PRN
they
vP
PRN
------they
v'
ADV
gently
deliberately
v'
v
roll+ ø
VP
DP
the ball
V'
V
------roll
PP
down the hill
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… or to V’ (51)
ForceP
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Force
Ø
TP
T
will
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T’
PRN
they
vP
PRN
------they
v'
v
roll+ø
VP
V’
DP
the ball
V'
ADV
gently
perfectly
V
------roll
PP
down the hill
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ADVERB POSITION
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Adverbs like gently can adjoin to v’ or V’.
 Adverbs like deliberately can only adjoin to a
projection headed by an agentive verb, such as v
(so they only adjoin to v’).
 Adverbs like perfectly can only adjoin to V’.
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Radford §8.5
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OTHER TRANSITIVE
STRUCTURES
INDUCTIVE INTRODUCTION
Other transitive verbs
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Particle verbs
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He was taking out the rubbish.
He was taking the rubbish out.
Resultative verbs
60a) The acid will turn the litmus paper red.
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Verbs like persuade
62a) Duncan must persuade Dougal that he should be less
frugal.
62b) Duncan must persuade Dougal to be less frugal.
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55a They will load the truck with hay.
* 56a) The truck will load with hay.
57a) They will carefully load the truck with hay.
57b) They will load the truck carefully with hay.
also give to, take from, blame for
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Load with (58)
carefully adjoins to v’ or V’
no intransitive version > the verb is always agentive
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ForceP
Force
Ø
TP
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T’
PRN
they
T
will
vP
PRN
------they
v'
v
load+ø
VP
DP
the truck
V'
V
------load
PP
with ø hay
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(59)
TAKE OUT
TAKE THE RUBBISH OUT, BUT NOT TAKE OUT THE RUBBISH
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ForceP
Force
Ø
TP
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T’
PRN
they
T
will
vP
PRN
------they
v'
v
take+ø
VP
DP
the rubbish
V'
V
------take
PP
out
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RESULTATIVE TURN RED (61)
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ForceP
Force
Ø
TP
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T’
PRN
it
T
will
vP
PRN
------it
v'
v
turn+ ø
VP
DP
the litmus
paper
V'
V
------turn
AdjP
red
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PERSUADE (64)
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ForceP
Force
Ø
TP
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T’
DP
ø Duncan
T
will
vP
DP
----------ø Duncan
v'
v
persuade+ ø
VP
DP
ø Dougal
V'
V
-----------persuade
CP
that he should be less frugal
ø PRO to be less frugal
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Continue with §8
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