Remnant Raising and VSO Clausal Architecture (eBook)

Contents 6
Preface 7
Foreword 8
1 An Introduction to San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec 11
1.1 Overview 11
1.2 SLQZ: The Language and Its Speakers 11
1.3 A Brief Overview of SLQZ Phonology 13
1.4 A Brief Summary of SLQZ Word Order and Grammar 16
2 Background and Theoretical Assumptions 38
2.1 Overview 38
2.2 How Is VSO Word Order Derived? Some Previous Accounts 38
3 The Syntax of Verb Raising in SLQZ: Arguments for VP Raising 57
3.1 Overview 57
3.2 SLQZ Verbal Morphology Revisited: Problems for Verbal Head Movement 58
3.3 VP-Raising and Constituent Structure in SLQZ 69
3.4 Crosslinguistic Correlations 97
3.5 Conclusion 107
3.6 Appendix to Chapter 3: Considering Head Movement of XPs 108
4 Further Consequences of VP-Remnant Movement: Some Common Negation Structures in SLQZ 115
4.1 Overview of Three Basic SLQZ Negation Constructions 115
4.2 What Does -dya’ Do? 116
4.3 Clausal Negation 119
4.4 Constituent Negation 128
4.5 Existential Negation: the Tèe’bag Construction 148
4.6 Summary 170
5 More on the Structure of the Left Periphery: The Syntax of Questions 172
5.1 Overview 172
5.2 Wh- and Focus Are Not the Same Projection 172
5.3 The Syntax of Yes/No Questions 188
5.4 Conclusion 204
6 The Interaction of Tense and Aspect in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec 205
6.1 Overview 205
6.2 “Aspect” Marking in SLQZ 206
6.3 Theoretical Assumptions 208
6.4 Perfective “Aspect” in SLQZ 211
6.5 The Syntax of TP: Reconciling Predicate TENSE with VP-Raising 226
6.6 Habitual “Aspect” in SLQZ: Evidence for PRESENT Tense 231
6.7 “Pure” Aspect Markers in SLQZ 239
6.8 The Temporal Interpretation of the Modal Aspects 246
6.9 Summary 272
References 274