Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
1.1. The Fine Structure of the CP/vP Periphery
1.2. Derivational Feature-based Relativized Minimality and Split A′-Movement
2. The Fine Structure of the Left/Right Periphery
2.1. Italian
2.2. English
2.3. Japanese
2.4. On the Parallel Phase Theory
3. Proposal
3.1. Derivational Feature-based Relativized Minimality
3.2. Parallel Movement Hypothesis
4. Extraction Phenomena
4.1. Italian
4.2. English
4.3. Derivational Feature-based Relativized Minimality on Covert Movement:Intervention Effects in Japanese
4.3.1. The Intervention Effect between Negative Concord Items and Wh-phrases
4.3.2. The Intervention Effect between Koso/Sae and Wh-phrases
5. Split A′-Movement
5.1. Italian
5.2. English
6. Derivational Feature-based Relativized Minimality in Focus Constructions
6.1. A “Topic Island” in the vP Periphery
6.2. Heavy NP Shift in English
6.3. There-constructions in English
6.4. Locative Inversion in English
7. Labeling and Head Movement
7.1. Merge and Splitting
7.2. Labeling Algorithm
7.3. Criterial Head Movement
7.4. Implications
7.4.1. Overt Criterial Head Movement
7.4.2. Criterial Head with Multiple Features
7.4.2.1. Contrastive Topics
7.4.2.2. D-linked Wh-phrases
7.4.2.3. Locative Inversion
7.4.3. Sentence-Final Particle Yo
7.5. The Ordering of Feature Discharge and a “Topic Island”
8. Concluding Remarks
References
Index
