Abstract
This paper examines how information provided by tone sandhi provides potential insights into processes of movement. The paper focuses on the Taiwanese element kong (Mandarin shuo) 'say' which is grammaticalizing as a complementizer-type particle in an unexpected sentence-final position. Evidence from tone sandhi phenomena indicates that this results from an operation of IP-raising in which the clausal complement of kong is raised to its left after the application of tone sandhi rules. The active grammaticalization patterning offers both a clear insight into the creation of clause/sentence-final particles in SVO languages and also provides strong evidence for the idea of 'cyclic Spell-Out'. It is also argued that a derivational rather than a purely representational model of grammar is required to accommodate the patterns found.
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