| dc.contributor.author | Lai, Jackie Yan-Ki | |
| dc.contributor.author | Li, Haoming | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-22T15:36:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-02-22T15:36:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-08-02 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0167-806X | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1573-0859 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153553 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Based on a hitherto neglected set of multiple pre-subject modal sentences, this article offers a novel syntactic account of Mandarin modals whereby the derivation of pre-subject modal sentences involves Internal Merge of modals to specifiers of the left-peripheral focus projection, and discusses new problems facing a traditional head-movement analysis and the existing XP-movement accounts. Our proposal lends novel support to recent claims that “true” syntactic head movement targets specifier positions. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1007/s11049-023-09579-0 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | Springer Netherlands | en_US |
| dc.subject | Linguistics and Language | en_US |
| dc.subject | Language and Linguistics | en_US |
| dc.title | Moving heads to specifiers: Evidence from Mandarin multiple pre-subject modals | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lai, J.YK., Li, H. Moving heads to specifiers: Evidence from Mandarin multiple pre-subject modals. Nat Lang Linguist Theory 42, 247–272 (2024). | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy | |
| dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2024-02-22T04:26:48Z | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.rights.holder | The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. | |
| dspace.embargo.terms | Y | |
| dspace.date.submission | 2024-02-22T04:26:47Z | |
| mit.journal.volume | 42 | en_US |
| mit.journal.issue | 1 | en_US |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | |
| mit.metadata.status | Authority Work and Publication Information Needed | en_US |
