Transcript the ball down the hill

Split projections 2
Nov 26, 2012 – Day 34
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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SPLIT CP INTO FORCE, TOPIC, FOCUS
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REVIEW
INDUCTIVE INTRODUCTION
The initial sentence
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Never again will we tolerate atrocities like those. (~1)
I am absolutely convinced that never again will we tolerate atrocities like those. (~3)
*I am absolutely convinced never again that will we tolerate atrocities like those.
Topicalization:
i.
ii.
iii.
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We will never again tolerate atrocities like those.
Focus:
i.
ii.
iii.
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Atrocities like those, we will never again tolerate.
I am absolutely convinced that atrocities like those, we will never again tolerate.
*I am absolutely convinced atrocities like those that we will never again tolerate.
Both
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Atrocities like those, never again will we tolerate.
*Never again, atrocities like those, will we tolerate.
I am absolutely convinced that, atrocities like those, never again will we tolerate. (~7)
*I am absolutely convinced that never again, atrocities like those, will we tolerate.
*I am absolutely convinced, atrocities like those, never again that will we tolerate.
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SPLIT CP IN AN EMBEDDED CLAUSE (8)
I am absolutely convinced that, atrocities like those, never again will we tolerate.
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Force
that
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ForceP
TopP
DP
ø atrocities
like those
Top’
Top
ø
FocP
AdvP
never again
Foc'
Foc
will
TP
we will tolerate ø atrocities like those
never again
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SPLIT CP WITHIN A RELATIVE CLAUSE (10A, B)
TOPICALIZATION
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A university is the kind of place in which, that kind of behavior, we cannot tolerate.
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ForceP
PP
in which
Force’
Force
ø
TopP
DP
that kind of
behavior
Top'
Top
ø
TP
we will tolerate
that kind of behavior
in which
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SPLIT CP WITHIN A COMPLEMENT CLAUSE
FOCUS
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Lee wonders why under any circumstances at all would Robin volunteer
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ForceP
PP
why
Force'
Force
ø
FocP
PP
under no/any
circumstances
Foc'
Foc
would
TP
Robin would volunteer
under no/any
circumstances
why
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Radford §8.3
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SPLIT TP
SUMMARY
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Radford rejects splitting TP into an Aspect
Phrase and a Mood Phrase, in addition to T.
 He also rejects an early proposal to split of an
Agreement Phrase.
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Radford §8.4
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SPLIT VP
INDUCTIVE INTRODUCTION
Some data
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What is the constituent structure of such sentences?
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36a) She rolled the ball down the hill.
36b) She filled the bath with water.
etc.
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FIRST GUESS: TWO COMPLEMENTS TO V
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38) She rolled [the ball down the hill] and [the acorn up the
mountain].
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37) she [V' [V rolled] [DP the ball] [PP down the hill]]
 Problem: the ball down the hill forms a constituent for
coordination, but it is not a constituent in (37):
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SECOND GUESS: ADJECTIVAL PP
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* The ball down the hill will roll.
 The ball will roll down the hill. (39b)
 * The ball down the hill will be rolled.
 The ball will be rolled down the hill.
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she [V' [V rolled] [DP the ball [PP down the hill]]]
Problem: unaccusative (and passive) usages of these
verbs
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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
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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T’
PRN
they
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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 CAN ADJOIN TO V' OR V'
Diagram on board
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