Remnant Raising and VSO Clausal Architecture - A Case Study of San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec

Contents

Preface

Foreword

1 An Introduction to San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec

1.1 Overview

1.2 SLQZ: The Language and Its Speakers

1.3 A Brief Overview of SLQZ Phonology

1.4 A Brief Summary of SLQZ Word Order and Grammar

2 Background and Theoretical Assumptions

2.1 Overview

2.2 How Is VSO Word Order Derived? Some Previous Accounts

3 The Syntax of Verb Raising in SLQZ: Arguments for VP Raising

3.1 Overview

3.2 SLQZ Verbal Morphology Revisited: Problems for Verbal Head Movement

3.3 VP-Raising and Constituent Structure in SLQZ

3.4 Crosslinguistic Correlations

3.5 Conclusion

3.6 Appendix to Chapter 3: Considering Head Movement of XPs

4 Further Consequences of VP-Remnant Movement: Some Common Negation Structures in SLQZ

4.1 Overview of Three Basic SLQZ Negation Constructions

4.2 What Does -dya’ Do?

4.3 Clausal Negation

4.4 Constituent Negation

4.5 Existential Negation: the Tèe’bag Construction

4.6 Summary

5 More on the Structure of the Left Periphery: The Syntax of Questions

5.1 Overview

5.2 Wh- and Focus Are Not the Same Projection

5.3 The Syntax of Yes/No Questions

5.4 Conclusion

6 The Interaction of Tense and Aspect in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec

6.1 Overview

6.2 “Aspect” Marking in SLQZ

6.3 Theoretical Assumptions

6.4 Perfective “Aspect” in SLQZ

6.5 The Syntax of TP: Reconciling Predicate TENSE with VP-Raising

6.6 Habitual “Aspect” in SLQZ: Evidence for PRESENT Tense

6.7 “Pure” Aspect Markers in SLQZ

6.8 The Temporal Interpretation of the Modal Aspects

6.9 Summary

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