Date of Completion

12-3-2018

Embargo Period

12-3-2018

Keywords

Syntax

Major Advisor

Zeljko Boskovic

Associate Advisor

Ian Roberts

Associate Advisor

Saito Mamoru

Field of Study

Linguistics

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Open Access

Open Access

Abstract

This dissertation investigates how mobility of syntactic elements is affected by the theory of labeling (Chomsky 2013) and the theory of phases (Chomsky 2000, 2001), with the special attention paid to the contextuality of labeling and phases, and traditional adjunction.

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