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The Korean Association for the Study of English Language and Linguistics
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Korea Journal of English Language and Linguistics - Vol. 22, No. 0, pp.485-499
ISSN: 1598-1398 (Print) 2586-7474 (Online)
Print publication date 31 Jan 2022
Received 25 Apr 2022 Revised 20 May 2022 Accepted 29 May 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15738/kjell.22..202205.485

Workspace, MERGE, and Labeling for Adjuncts

Myung-Kwan Park ; Wooseung Lee
(1st author) Professor, Department of English Language, Dongguk University parkmk@dgu.edu
(corresponding author) Professor, Department of English Education, Konkuk University wlee6@konkuk.ac.kr


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Abstract

This paper explores various syntactic challenges posed by adjuncts within the latest Chomskyan minimalistic assumptions related to Workspace, MERGE and Labeling. Specifically, we go into empirical and theoretical motivations behind the adjunct conditions such as no contribution to labelling, being opaque for extraction and late insertion à la Freidin-Lebeaux generalization. After presenting an array of recent proposals as for adjuncts, we attempt to put forward our own proposal by employing Uriageraka’s (1999) and Sheehan’s (2013) Multiple Spell-Out in a more dynamic fashion.

Keywords:

adjuncts, Workspace, MERGE, Labeling, Multiple Spell-Out

Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. All errors are our responsibility.

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