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CONTENTS

Preface = ⅸ

Chapter 1 : Prologue = 1

 1. Introduction = 1

 2. Case Theory = 5

 3. Θ-Theory = 8

 4. Word Order = 11

 5. Overview = 15

 Bibliographical Note = 16

Chapter 2 : The OV／VO Parameter = 17

 1. Introduction = 17

 2. The Domain of Θ-role Assignment = 19

 3. The Domains of Head Government = 22

 4. The Formation of VP Shells = 27

 5. Particles = 31

 6. Scrambling = 38

 7. Double Object Constructions = 45

 8. Exceptional Case Marking = 53

 9. Concluding Remarks = 55

Chapter 3 : Morphological Case = 59

 1. Introduction = 59

 2. Asyrmmetries between Nominative and Case = 62

  2.1 Agreement = 63

  2.2 Case Affixes = 64

  2.3 Selection = 67

  2.4 Case Attraction = 68

  2.5 Acquisition = 69

 3. Syntactic Effects of Morphological Case = 70

  3.1 Complementation = 71

  3.2 VO-leakages = 74

  3.3 Scrambling across Arguments = 78

  3.4 Quirky Subjects = 80

 4. Toward a Theory of Case Features = 82

  4.1 The Organization of Case Paradigms = 84

  4.2 Morphological Case in German = 91

  4.3 Morphological Case in Icelandic = 94

 5. Concluding Remarks = 102

Chapter 4 : Prepositional Complements = 105

 1. Introduction = 105

 2. The Problem = 107

 3. Indirect Θ-Role Assignment = 112

 4. LF Incorporation = 114

 5. Empirical Consequences = 116

  5.1 PP Subjects = 117

  5.2 PP Complements and Case = 120

  5.3 Idiomatic Selection = 123

  5.4 PP-DP Coordination = 125

  5.5 Double PP Constructions = 128

  5.6 Excursus on the Distribution of Selected PPs = 134

 6. PP Complements to Nouns = 137

 7. Concluding Remarks = 142

Chapter 5 : Raising to Subject = 145

 1. Introduction = 145

 2. Θ-Role Promotion as A'-Movement = 147

 3. NP Raising as Null Operator Movement = 153

  3.1 Designing a Trigger = 153

  3.2 Case Absorption = 155

  3.3 Raising to Θ-Positions = 156

  3.4 Raising of Non-Arguments = 158

  3.5 Raising to Object Positions = 159

  3.6 Coordination = 160

 4. Short versus Long Null Operator Movement = 162

  4.1 Superraising = 163

  4.2 Non-Competing Derivations = 167

  4.3 Cyclicity = 169

 5. Improper Movement = 172

 6. Concluding Remarks = 176

Chapter 6 : Head Marking = 179

 1. Introduction = 179

 2. Head-Marking Affixes = 182

 3. Absolutive-Ergative Languages = 187

  3.1 The Ergativity Parameter = 187

  3.2 Empirical Consequences = 191

 4. VSO Languages = 195

  4.1 The VSO Parameter = 195

  4.2 Japanese Nominatives = 202

 5. The Linearization of Subjects = 208

  5.1 Anaphoric Dependence = 208

  5.2 Nominative-Dative Inversion = 210

  5.3 Expletives = 214

  5.4 Locative Inversion = 216

 6. Concluding Remarks = 219

Chapter 7 : Epilogue = 223

 1. Introduction = 223

 2. Falsifiability = 223

 3. Flexibility = 226

References = 231

Index = 245