This paper investigates intervention effects in T(OUGH)- constructions in English. Hartman (2011) reports that the intervening attitude holder or judge PP prohibits the association of the matrix subject DP with the gap in the embedded infinitive clause of T-constructions. Hartman (ibid.) argues that intervention effects in these constructions make a strong case for the long-movement analysis for the matrix subject DP. In this paper we explore the different line of analysis, proposing à la Chomsky (1981) that the matrix TOUGH adjective is an individual-level (IL) predicate and converts the ensuing embedded infinitive form of verb into the same type of IL predicate. Consequently the two adjective and verb are combined into one complex IL adjective, mediated by raising of the functional category ⓘ-Pred that makes the embedded infinitive verb enter into IL predication. However, when the embedded infinitive clause is extraposed after the attitude holder or typical adjunct PP, ⓘ -Pred raising is disallowed, thereby failing proper predication in the matrix clause; this in turn accounts for intervention effects in T-constructions.
목차
I. Introduction II. Intervention Effects III. Towards an Analysis IV. Conclusion Works Cited Abstract
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
설립연도
1968
분야
인문학>영어와문학
소개
본 학회는 영미어문학의 학술연구와 이에 부합하는 아래의 사업을 기획 수행하며,
또한 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
1. 학회지 발간
2. 연구 발표회, 강연회, 공동연구
3. 영미어문학 관련 도서출판
4. 영미어문학 관계 도서 및 자료의 모집 및 비치
5. 기타 본회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]