Russian and the EPP requirement in the Tense domain

• Published in: Lingua Vol. 121; no. 14; pp. 2048 - 2068
• Main Author: Slioussar, Natalia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2011
• Subjects: Agreement; English; EPP requirement in the Tense domain; Extended Projection Principle; Russian; Tense; English; Agreement; EPP requirement in the Tense domain; Russian

► Russian resembles English with respect to the EPP requirement in the Tense domain. ► There is no V-to-T movement, internal Nominatives satisfy the EPP or remain in situ. ► External DPs always raise to [Spec; TP], but can become sentence-final for IS reasons. ► Non-Nominative XPs cannot satisfy the...