Download or read book Long-distance Anaphora and Multiple Feature Checking written by Li-Ling Chuang and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation investigates the interpretation and the distribution of long-distance anaphora. Within the Minimalist framework (Chomsky 1993, 1995), I show that long-distance anaphora in Chinese-type languages can be best accounted for, if one assumes multiple Specs (Xu 1993, Ura 1994). This is implemented by taking anaphora as being licensed by A-movement, triggered by multiple thematic feature checking (Boskovic & Takahashi 1995, Lasnik 1995, Hornstein 1996). Assuming the parametric option of multiple Specs, this analysis explains the long-standing puzzle of why subject/nominative anaphors are possible in Chinese-type languages as opposed to English-type languages.