Linguistics colloquium: PP Peripherality in Nominal Syntax

Colloquium | September 10 | 3:10-5 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall

Speaker/Performer: David Adger, Queen Mary, University of London

Sponsor: Department of Linguistics

The usual view of nominal complements  is:

(1) [the [ syntax [ of [ some [ apparent [ complements [ to N ]]]]]]]

where the arguments of the nominal heads are introduced as complements. I will argue that at least PP arguments of Ns are introduced much higher up in the structure. The main argument is cross-linguistic and relies on the following PP Peripherality generalization:

(2) In a...   More >