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The aim of this paper is twofold: (i) to provide an analysis that explains all possible sentence patterns for each type of verb, and (ii) through examining the necessary assumptions for (i), to present an alternative concept of the optimality of syntactic design. The exploration for (i) makes it clear that EPP(-inheritance) is a lexical property of each EPP-bearer. EPP therefore persists even when it is not associated with phi/Case-features, inducing superfluous movement or merger. Although the persistence of EPP apparently does not fit the popular idea of optimality, it ensures another kind of optimality: minimizing the number of derivable configurational patterns.
Subject
optimality of syntactic design
EPP
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A-movement
Journal Title
English Linguistics
Volume
24
Issue
2
Start Page
363
End Page
388
ISSN
09183701
Published Date
2007-12
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日本英語学会
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English Linguistic Society of Japan
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