Deriving quotation: some Minimalist problems
Deriving quotation: some Minimalist problems

Author(s): Jan Wiślicki
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: quotation; quotes; phases; PIC; NTC; Zwart; layers
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discuss whether the standard Chomskyan Minimalist framework is in a position to generate quotational expressions. Assuming the crucial elements of the Minimalist architecture, that is the PIC and NTC based derivation by phases, I show that the behaviour of quotation poses serious problems for the current Minimalist Program. The theory of phases turns out to be not fine-grained enough in order to cover a wide variety of puzzling features observed for quotational expression. I argue, then, that the effects that can hardly be accounted for within the standard Minimalism naturally follow from the layered top-down derivation proposed by Zwart.

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