Minimalist Syntax for Quantifier Raising, Topicalization and Focus Movement: A Search and Float Appr

1 Introduction.- 2 Mechanism of Search and Float for Internal Merge.- 2.1 Minimal Search.- 2.2 Float.- 3 Search and Float for Covert Movement.- 3.1 Minimal Search and Float for Quantifier Raising.- 3.2 Covert Wh-Movement.- 3.3 Covert Oblique Movement of Wh-Phrases.- 4 Case Study I: Plurals and Reciprocals.- 4.1 The Cumulative Reading and Clause-Boundedness.- 4.2 The Cumulative Reading and Rigidity.- 4.3 Reciprocals.- 4.4 Sternefeld's (1993) Problem and Further Evidence for QR.- 4.5 Clause-Boundedness and Condition A.- 5 Case Study II: Multiple Wh-Questions in Japanese.- 5.1 Absorption in Japanese Multiple Wh-Questions.- 5.2 The Scope of Multiple Wh-Phrases that Undergo Absorption.- 5.3 What is the Trigger of a Wh-Argument Being Merged with Another.- 5.3.1 Cumulative Readings in Multiple Wh-Questions.- 5.3.2 Pair-List Readings of Multiple Wh-Questions.- 5.4 Intervention Effects and MCL.- 5.5 Pair-List Readings of Plural Dono N-Phrases.- 5.6 Apparent Pair-List Readings.- 6 Search and Float for Topicalization and Focalization.- 6.1 Licensing [S-Focus] Features.- 6.2 Minimal Search and MCL for Licensing [S-Focus] Features.- 6.3 Wh-Movement for Licensing [S-Focus] Features.- 6.4 Licensing [S-Focus] Features in Ellipsis.- Appendix Focus Movement and QR.- 7 Conclusions.- Index