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Kinyarwanda locative applicatives and the Minimal Link Condition.

dc.contributor.authorZeller, Jochen Klaus.
dc.contributor.authorNgoboka, Jean Paul.
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-01T05:56:39Z
dc.date.available2013-02-01T05:56:39Z
dc.date.created2005
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionThis is the accepted, peer-reviewed manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 2006, 24 (1) pp. 101-124. © 2006 copyright NISC (Pty) Ltd. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rall20en
dc.description.abstractThe two objects of ditransitive locative applicatives in Kinyarwanda display asymmetrical behaviour with respect to syntactic movement. Whereas the applied object (the goal) of a locative can be extracted in relative clauses, become the subject of a passive and incorporate as an object marker, the theme cannot undergo any of these operations, at least not as long as the applied object remains in object position. However, once the applied object has been passivised, relativised or incorporated, the theme is also free to move. We analyse these observations on the basis of the Minimal Link Condition (MLC) (Chomsky, 1995; 2000), which excludes movement of an element α to a position K if there is another element β of the same type which is closer to K. We show that the theme cannot move in Kinyarwanda locative applicatives because the applied object is closer to the potential landing site. However, in contexts in which the applied object has been moved ‘out of the way’, the MLC no longer blocks movement of the theme. In our analysis, we discuss a number of key theoretical concepts of the Minimalist Program, such as the Extension Condition, the notion of minimal domain, and derivation by phase.en
dc.identifier.citationZeller, J, & Ngoboka, J.P. 2006. Kinyarwanda locative applicatives and the Minimal Link Condition. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 24 (1) pp. 101-124.en
dc.identifier.issn1607-3614
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/8462
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSouthern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa.en
dc.subjectKinyarwanda language.en
dc.subjectKinyarwanda language--Syntax.en
dc.titleKinyarwanda locative applicatives and the Minimal Link Condition.en
dc.typePeer reviewed journal articleen

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