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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Chomsky (1998) proposes to divide [[lexical array]]s into lexical subarrays because of the grammaticality of sentences like (i):<br /> <br /> (i) There is a possibility that [&lt;sub&gt;A&lt;/sub&gt; a proof<br /> will be discovered ]<br /> <br /> Suppose that the words in (i) are all in the same lexical array: [[Merge-over-Move]] favors merger of ''there'' over movement of ''a proof'' at stage A in the derivation, so (i) can't be derived, and we can only derive (ii):<br /> <br /> (ii) A possibility is that there will be discovered<br /> a proof.<br /> <br /> The problem disappears if we divide the lexical array for (i) into two subarrays: one for the embedded clause (not containing ''there'') and one for the matrix clause (containing ''there''). (ii) can be derived by doing the opposite: selecting a subarray with an expletive for the embedded clause, and a subarray without an expletive for the matrix clause. &lt;br /&gt; Chomsky proposes to determine lexical subarrays on interpretational grounds, as 'the closest syntactic counterpart to a proposition', vP or CP. So a lexical subarray must contain a v or a C, and as many arguments as necessary to satisfy the selectional requirements of v/C. &lt;br /&gt; The syntactic objects that are derived by choice of a subarray, are called [[phase]]s.<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Lexical+subarray&amp;lemmacode=1533 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Chomsky, N. 1998. ''Minimalist inquiries: the framework,'' MIT working papers in linguistics.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Syntax]]</div>

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