The union spell-out principle

This paper argues that grammar has a union spell-out principle that dictates that contiguous heads be spelled out by a single morpheme or phrase if there exists a morpheme or phrase in the lexicon with a collection of the features of the contiguous heads

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Published inNordlyd (Tromsø, Norway) Vol. 36; no. 1
Main Author Peter Kinyua Muriungi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Septentrio Academic Publishing 01.01.2009
Subjects
blocking
phrasal spell-out
spell-out
union
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Summary:This paper argues that grammar has a union spell-out principle that dictates that contiguous heads be spelled out by a single morpheme or phrase if there exists a morpheme or phrase in the lexicon with a collection of the features of the contiguous heads
ISSN:1503-8599
DOI:10.7557/12.222