Split projections 3 Nov 28, 2012 – Day 35

Split projections 3Nov 28, 2012 – Day 35 Introduction to Syntax ANTH 3590/7590 Harry Howard Tulane University

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SPLIT VP • The data • She rolled the ball down the hill. (36a) • Two guesses • she [V' [V rolled] [DP the ball] [PP down the hill]] (37) • She rolled [the ball down the hill] and [the acorn up the mountain]. (38) • she [V' [V rolled] [DP the ball [PP down the hill]]] • *The ball down the hill will roll. • The ball will roll down the hill. (39b) ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

Third guess: V shell ~ split VP (47)v is an abstract causative light verb, like make ForceP Force Ø TP PRN they T’ roll+ T will vP ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane PRN they v' ------- V assigns LOCATIVE to its internal argument ------- V assigns THEME to its external argument v ø VP DP the ball V' v assigns AGENT to its external argument thematic agentive V roll PP down the hill

SPLIT PROJECTIONS ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane Continue Radford §8.4

A look at adverbs 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. * ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane *

Adverbs adjoin to v’ … (50) ForceP Force Ø TP PRN they T’ T will vP roll+ PRN they v' ------- ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane ADV gently deliberately v' ------- v ø VP DP the ball V' V roll PP down the hill

… or to V’ (51) ForceP Force Ø TP PRN they T’ roll+ T will vP PRN they v' ------- ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane v ø ------- VP DP the ball V’ V' ADV gently perfectly V roll PP down the hill

Adverb position • Adverbs like gently can adjoin to v’ or V’. • Adverbs like deliberately can only adjoin to a projection headed by an agentive verb, such as v (so they only adjoin to v’). • Adverbs like perfectly can only adjoin to V’. ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

OTHER TRANSITIVE STRUCTURES ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane Radford §8.5

Inductive introduction • Other transitive verbs 55a They will load the truck with hay. 56a) The truck will load with hay. 57a) They will carefully load the truck with hay. 57b) They will load the truck carefully with hay. also give to, take from, blame for • Particle verbs • He was taking out the rubbish. • He was taking the rubbish out. • Resultative verbs 60a) The acid will turn the litmus paper red. • Verbs like persuade 62a) Duncan must persuade Dougal that he should be less frugal. 62b) Duncan must persuade Dougal to be less frugal. * ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

Load with (58)carefully adjoins to v’ or V’no intransitive version > the verb is always agentive ForceP Force Ø TP PRN they T’ load+ T will vP ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane PRN they v' ------- ------- v ø VP DP the truck V' V load PP with ø hay

take out (59)take the rubbish out, but not take out the rubbish ForceP Force Ø TP PRN they T’ take+ T will vP ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane PRN they v' ------- ------- v ø VP DP the rubbish V' V take PP out

Resultative turn red (61) ForceP Force Ø TP PRN it T’ turn+ T will vP ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane PRN it v' ------- ------- v ø VP DP the litmus paper V' V turn AdjP red

Persuade (64) ForceP Force Ø TP DP ø Duncan T’ persuade+ T will vP ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane DP ø Duncan v' ----------- ------------ v ø VP DP ø Dougal V' V persuade CP that he should be less frugal ø PRO to be less frugal

NEXT TIME ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane Continue with §8

Split projections 3 Nov 28, 2012 – Day 35