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Copy Control in Telugu1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2009

YOUSSEF A. HADDAD
YOUSSEF A. HADDAD*
Affiliation:
Lebanese American University
*
Author's address: Department of Humanities, Lebanese American University, P.O. Box 36, Byblos, Lebanonyhaddad100@gmail.com
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Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to document a phenomenon of copy adjunct control in Telugu, a Dravidian language, and to provide a derivation of the relevant structures within the framework of the Minimalist Program. Copy adjunct control is a relation of co-identity between the subject in the matrix clause and the subject in an adjunct of the same structure. Both subjects are pronounced. I analyze Copy Control structures as instances of multiple copy spell-out derived via movement, whereby movement is understood as copy-plus-merge. Decisions concerning the pronunciation of copies are prepared for in the syntax, but they are made on the phonological side of the computation.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 69 - 109
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Copyright © 2009 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

[1]

I would like to thank Eric Potsdam for all his support and valuable feedback. I am also grateful to Brent Henderson, Ann Wehmeyer, and two anonymous JL reviewers for their useful comments. All the data, unless otherwise specified, was collected during interviews with the following consultants: Karthik Boinapally, Mahesh Tanniru, Santhosh Kopidaka, Venicata Ramana Cheekoti, Krishna Chaitanya Nimmagadda, Sankara Sarma V. Tatiparti, Jithendra Gudapati, and Abita Gudapati. The material in this paper is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. BCS 0131993; Eric Potsdam and Maria Polinksy are the principal investigators. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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