Left-Branch Extraction and Remnant Movement
Since Ross (1967), the analysis of so-called ‘Left-Branch Extraction’ has been a topic of much debate. Three distinct analyses have emerged in the literature: (i) sub-extraction (e.g. Corver 1990; Bošković 2005), (ii) remnant movement (e.g. Abels 2003; Bašić 2004), (iii) distributed deletion (Fanselow & Ćavar 2002; Bondarenko & Davis to appear). In this talk, I will focus on the remnant movement analysis and show that it makes incorrect predictions with regard to two well-known generalizations about remnant movement: Barss’ Generalization (about anti-reconstruction) and the Müller-Takano Generalization (about movement types). Finally, I will point out some problematic data for the distributed deletion account, suggesting that the classic sub-extraction analysis is still the most adequate account of the phenomenon.
