Concluding remarks

Abstract

AbstractChapter 6 evaluates my proposal against other influential models of cyclic syntax, and wraps up the discussion with an overall summary. In particular, it consider the impact of its arguments for Chomsky’s proposition-based phase model. It is shown that the series of arguments developed in this book presents counterevidence to the Phase Impenetrability Condition (PIC). It is argued that the edge must be spelled out together with its complement, contra the PIC. The contrast between domain-internal vs. domain-external movement out of edges as well as general order-preservation effects cannot be properly explained under the PIC model. It is also shown that the evidence in support of order-preservation effects in multiple edges presents non-trivial challenges for the PIC approach. It also discusses some implications of my proposal for principles in the narrow syntax such as locality in movement, scrambling, and argument structure.