Movement from the Double Object Construction Is Not Fully Symmetrical

Author:

Holmberg Anders1,Sheehan Michelle2,van der Wal Jenneke3

Affiliation:

1. School of English Literature, Language, and Linguistics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK,

2. Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK,

3. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, Van Wijkplaats 4, 2311 BX Leiden, The Netherlands,

Abstract

A movement asymmetry arises in some languages that are otherwise symmetrical for both A- and Ā-movement in the double object construction, including Norwegian, North-West British English, and a range of Bantu languages including Zulu and Lubukusu: a Theme object can be Ā-moved out of a Recipient (Goal) passive, but not vice versa. Our explanation of this asymmetry is based on phase theory— more specifically, a stricter version of the Phase Impenetrability Condition proposed by Chomsky (2001) . The effect is that, in a Theme passive, a Recipient object destined for the C-domain gets trapped within the lower V-related phase by movement of the Theme. The same effect is observed in Italian, a language in which only Theme passives are possible. A similar effect is also found in some Bantu languages in connection with object marking/agreement: object agreement with the Theme in a Recipient passive is possible, but not vice versa. We show that this, too, can be understood within the theory that we articulate.

Publisher

MIT Press - Journals

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

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