The minimalist notion of a phase has often been investigated with a view to the
interfaces.'Phases' provides a strictly syntax-internal perspective. If phases are fundamental …

This article reviews the general features of the Copy Theory of movement, focusing on some
empirical gains prompted by its adoption in the Minimalist Program. It is organized as …

This paper discusses predicate fronting with doubling in Russian and Gungbe and argues
that it is an instance of parallel chains in the sense of Chomsky (2005). Under this analysis …

I completed my UCLA dissertation in 2006. This book is a thoroughly revised version of that
work. Although I have retained the overall structure and analytical spirit of my thesis, I have …

Leftward Focus versus Rightward Focus: the Kwa-Bantu Conspiracy Page 1 SOAS Working
Papers in Linguistics Vol.15 (2007): 81-104 Leftward Focus versus Rightward Focus: the …

Most known languages seem to follow the intuitive and economical implication that if they
show a repair such as verb doubling or do-support when just the verb is fronted, they also …

This study analyzes the grammar of Shupamem, a language that belongs to a
geographically defined group of languages known as' Grassfields Bantu languages' …

Predicate fronting with doubling (also known as the predicate cleft) has long been a
challenge for theories of syntax that do not predict the pronunciation of multiple occurrences …

Kenyon Branan & Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine, National University of Singapore We discuss
the existence and distribution of anti-pied-pi** effects, where focus morphosyntax targets …

This paper examines quasi-monoclausal left-peripheral analyses of English it-clefts. Though
attractive because such analyses bring out commonalities between it-clefts on the one hand …