Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
936199 Lingua 2009 15 Pages PDF
Abstract

Proposals have been made that Turkish exhibits properties of both object and subject incorporation. However, neither the head-incorporation analysis for object incorporation nor the pseudo-incorporation analysis for subject/agent incorporation can account for data found in Turkish relative clauses. Turkish nominals that are specific must raise for case, and this movement obeys Minimality. Non-specifics must remain in situ. What has been deemed instances of (pseudo-)incorporation are cases where a nominal cannot raise, while examples to the contrary can be explained by a raising requirement on specifics.

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