Case Absorption and WH-Agreement

1: Case Checking.- 1.0. Introduction.- 1.1. Minimalist Framework.- 1.2. Case Checking.- 1.2.1. Proposal.- 1.2.2. Northern Italian Subject Clitic Doubling.- 1.3. Organization.- Appendix. Case Checking Without Agr.- Notes.- 2: TNS ? AGR-S ? COMP.- 2.0. Introduction.- 2.1. The Distribution of PRO.- 2.1.1. Statement of the Problem.- 2.1.2. The Answer.- 2.1.3. Martin (1992).- 2.2. NP Raising.- 2.2.1. English.- 2.2.2. Romanian subjunctive.- 2.3. Explaining the TNS-COMP Relation.- 2.3.1. Morphological Correlation and ECM from Comp.- 2.3.2. Movement to C°.- 2.3.2.1. Trigger Problem Resolved.- 2.3.2.2. Arbitrariness of Overt Movement.- Notes.- 3: V ? AGR-O ? TNS/ASP.- 3.0. Introduction.- 3.1. Passive.- 3.1.1. Morphological Varieties of Passive.- 3.1.2. Case Absorption in Participial Passive.- 3.1.2.1. The Problem.- 3.1.2.2. Structure of Participial Passive.- 3.2. Participial Constructions.- 3.2.1. Have and Be.- 3.2.2. Locus of Accusative Case Checking.- 3.2.2.1. Minimality Problem.- 3.2.2.2. Clitic Movement.- 3.2.2.3. Celtic.- 3.2.3. Parametric Variations in Participial Constructions.- 3.2.3.1. English Progressive.- 3.2.3.2. Breton.- 3.2.3.3. Hebrew.- 3.2.3.4. Romance Again.- 3.2.4. Aux Selection.- 3.2.4.1. Unergatives.- 3.2.4.2. Aspect and Aux Selection.- 3.3. Causative.- 3.3.1. Typology of Causative.- 3.3.2. Case Property of Reduced Causative.- 3.3.2.1. The Embedded Object Raised to the Matrix Clause.- 3.3.2.2. Case Checking and Relativized Minimality.- 3.3.3. Transitivity Restriction.- 3.3.4. Structural Similarity of Passive and Reduced Causative: Passive in Japanese.- 3.3.5. Embedding of the Copula under Reduced Causative.- 3.4. Tightening up Some Loose Ends.- 3.4.1. Oblique External Argument.- 3.4.1.1. Argument vs. Adjunct.- 3.4.1.2. Oblique Marking.- 3.4.1.3. Apparent 1AEX Violations and Impersonal Constructions.- 3.4.1.4. Antipassive.- 3.4.2. Selection.- 3.4.2.1. TP Complementation: Japanese Causative.- 3.5. Conclusion.- Notes.- 4: Wh-Agreement.- 4.0. Introduction.- 4.1. Three-way Distinction in Palauan.- 4.1.1. The Phenomenon.- 4.1.2. The Account.- 4.1.3. Zaenen's Generalization.- 4.2. Tense.- 4.2.1. Modalization.- 4.2.1.1. Absence of the Subject/Non-subject Asymmetry.- 4.2.1.2. English.- 4.2.2. Intermediate Traces.- 4.3. C°.- 4.3.1. Morpho-Phonological Arbitrariness.- 4.3.1.1. Past Proposals.- 4.3.1.2. Further Arguments for Morphological Arbitrariness.- 4.3.2. V-Raising to C°.- 4.3.2.1. Root/Non-root (A)symmetry.- 4.3.2.2. Asymmetry in English.- 4.4. Agr-s.- 4.4.1. Absence of Subject-Verb Agreement in Subject Extraction.- 4.4.2. Failure of Subject Raising in Overt Syntax.- 4.4.2.1. The Syntactic Mechanism.- 4.4.2.2. Transitivity Restriction in French Stylistic Inversion and Japanese Nominative-Genitive Conversion.- 4.4.2.3. Oblique Insertion in Chamorro.- 4.4.3. Subject Extraction.- 4.4.3.1. Mayan Focus Antipassive.- 4.4.3.2. The Ban against Movement Which is Too Short.- 4.4.4. Other Phenomena.- 4.5. Conclusion.- Notes.- References.- Index of Languages.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.