A/Ā-Operations at the Mongolian Clausal Periphery

Abstract

This paper examines and provides a unified analysis for the interaction between ECM and A¯\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\hspace{1.27777pt}\\overline{\\hspace{-1.27777pt}\ ext {A}\\hspace{-1.27777pt}}\\hspace{1.27777pt}$$\\end{document}-operations such as thematic topicalization and wh-licensing at the Mongolian embedded clausal periphery. Building on a previous proposal that ECM targets Spec CP, which can be an A-position in Mongolian (Fong 2019), I argue that thematic topicalization and wh-licensing are associated with an A¯\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\hspace{1.27777pt}\\overline{\\hspace{-1.27777pt}\ ext {A}\\hspace{-1.27777pt}}\\hspace{1.27777pt}$$\\end{document}-domain projected below CP. Furthermore, I advance an analysis in which the A- and A¯\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\hspace{1.27777pt}\\overline{\\hspace{-1.27777pt}\ ext {A}\\hspace{-1.27777pt}}\\hspace{1.27777pt}$$\\end{document}-properties of syntactic dependencies are the result of different features involved in Agree relations. The Agree-based analysis allows for a flexible account for the intricate patterns of the A/A¯\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\hspace{1.27777pt}\\overline{\\hspace{-1.27777pt}\ ext {A}\\hspace{-1.27777pt}}\\hspace{1.27777pt}$$\\end{document}-interactions at the Mongolian clausal periphery, while also making concrete predictions confirmed by independent facts from this language. I then compare the Mongolian case with typical cases of improper movement, and discuss the implications of the current account for a general theory of movement typology.