Abstract
AbstractChapter 4 examines the consequences of Cyclic Linearization for (re)orderings in complement predicational domains such as small clauses, infinitival clauses, and sentential predication. In particular, it discusses the distribution of objects interpreted as the subject of an embedded predication. When an object is externally merged as the subject of a complement, strong order-preservation effects are observed for the object. In contrast, when an object is merged as a direct object or proleptic object of the main verb, order-preservation effects are lifted. The chapter proposes that the ordering restrictions within complement domains can be best captured by assuming that predication structures, as a whole, undergo Cyclic Linearization. It shows that this proposal captures seemingly complex interactions among null subjects, predicate fronting, quantifier floating, and object movement within and out of complement domains. Implications of anti-locality for predicate fronting are also discussed in this chapter.
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