Why dose a Case Feature move in There Constructions?
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In this paper it is illustrated that unlike φ-features, the Case feature of a postverbal NP moves to expletive there in there constructions. We have tried to declare why a Case feature moves even though Agree is generally accepted as a proper mechanism of feature checking. According to the PIC, an unchecked uninterpretable feature moves by itself to the edge of a phase anticipating for the future checking in the next phase. This is the reason only a Case feature, which is uninterpretable, moves to there. After all, there is a device to receive the unchecked uninterpretable Case feature of the associate, occupying the edge position of the same phase that the associate is merged. We conclude that unlike Chomsky (2000, 2005), vP in there constructions constitutes a phase, and that there is merged on vP-Spec in order to receive the Case feature of the associate.
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In this paper it is illustrated that unlike φ-features, the Case feature of a postverbal NP moves to expletive there in there constructions. We have tried to declare why a Case feature moves even though Agree is generally accepted as a proper mechanism of feature checking. According to the PIC, an unchecked uninterpretable feature moves by itself to the edge of a phase anticipating for the future checking in the next phase. This is the reason only a Case feature, which is uninterpretable, moves to there. After all, there is a device to receive the unchecked uninterpretable Case feature of the associate, occupying the edge position of the same phase that the associate is merged. We conclude that unlike Chomsky (2000, 2005), vP in there constructions constitutes a phase, and that there is merged on vP-Spec in order to receive the Case feature of the associate.
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