Speaker: Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine Title: Focus and reconstruction Time: Monday, 12-1:30 Room: 66-148
The focus operator ‘only’ must c-command its focus associate at LF, and therefore cannot associate with material which has moved out of its scope. In most cases, this is true even if scope reconstruction of the moved associate into a position under ‘only’s scope at LF is independently possible. I will discuss various potential solutions to this puzzle, and their own problems. Audience participation welcome.