Abstract
he universal base hypothesis postulates that all languages have the same underlying word order, which is advantageous because it simplifies language acquisition. According to Kayne’s (1994) Linear Correspondence Axiom (LCA), this order is VO so that the OV-languages are derived by letward movement of various types of VP-internal constituents: DP-objects, PP-objects, predicative phrases, etc. Haider (1997a) and Barbiers (2000) propose an underlying OV-order and claim that this gives rise to a simpler grammar, since the VOlanguages can be derived by means of a single operation, namely V-movement across the VP-internal constituents. his paper will argue that this simplification is only apparent.1 I start with a brief discussion of Haider’s (2000) Branching Constraint (slightly different formulations can be found in Haider 1997a,b; Section 3.2 will discuss the somewhat extended version from Haider 2003).
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