Subject Inversion Constructions and Third Factor Principles
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The purpose of this paper is to find the crucial roles of third factor principles and to solve the UG problems. I investigate the diachronic development and child language acquisition of subject inversion constructions since they are insightful in detecting the biological mechanisms of the language. I argue that linguistic changes (or grammaticalization) and early child syntax are based on the biological reason, thus giving us insight into ‘a third factor.’ I outline the relevant issues in the representation of subject inversion constructions and develop a third-factor-based proposal of “the Principle of Minimal Computation (in a Phase),” which can be summarized as ‘the Head-First-and-Foremost and then Merge-First’ Principle: X Merge> X Move> XP Merge> XP Move. This Principle combining Head and Merge is based on the general principle of economy of derivation that simpler operations are preferred to more complex ones. The inversion constructions including the Subject Verb Inversion and the Subject Auxiliary Inversion are formed either by X Move or by direct X Merge at T or C position. The direct Merge of an auxiliary at T or C position can be driven by ‘a third factor’ since Merge applies freely as long as it conforms to third-factor principles.
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The purpose of this paper is to find the crucial roles of third factor principles and to solve the UG problems. I investigate the diachronic development and child language acquisition of subject inversion constructions since they are insightful in detecting the biological mechanisms of the language. I argue that linguistic changes (or grammaticalization) and early child syntax are based on the biological reason, thus giving us insight into ‘a third factor.’ I outline the relevant issues in the representation of subject inversion constructions and develop a third-factor-based proposal of “the Principle of Minimal Computation (in a Phase),” which can be summarized as ‘the Head-First-and-Foremost and then Merge-First’ Principle: X Merge> X Move> XP Merge> XP Move. This Principle combining Head and Merge is based on the general principle of economy of derivation that simpler operations are preferred to more complex ones. The inversion constructions including the Subject Verb Inversion and the Subject Auxiliary Inversion are formed either by X Move or by direct X Merge at T or C position. The direct Merge of an auxiliary at T or C position can be driven by ‘a third factor’ since Merge applies freely as long as it conforms to third-factor principles.
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