On functional structure

Ora Matushansky and Eddy Ruys

...recursion is recently evolved and unique to our species
Hauser, Chomsky and Fitch (2002)

 

This is the CP that Rizzi built.

And this is a ForceP
that that is a head of
at the top of the CP
that Rizzi built.

And this is the TopP (that sits on the TopP (that sits on the TopP (...) ))
that's not on the top of
but under the ForceP
that that is a head of
at the top of the CP
that Rizzi built.

And this is the FocP
that contrasts with the TopP (that sits on the TopP (that sits on the TopP (...) ))
that's not on the top of
but under the ForceP
that that is a head of
at the top of the CP
that Rizzi built.

And this is the TopP
which isn't the TopP (that sits on the TopP (that sits on the TopP (...) ))
that's not on the top of
but under the ForceP
that that is a head of
at the top of the CP
that Rizzi built,
but which is the TopP
that's under the FocP
that contrasts with the TopP (that sits on the TopP (that sits on the TopP (...) ))
that's not on the top of
but under the ForceP
that that is a head of
at the top of the CP
that Rizzi built.

And this is the FinP
selected by TopP
which isn't the TopP (that sits on the TopP (that sits on the TopP (...) ))
that's not on the top of
but under the ForceP
that that is a head of
at the top of the CP
that Rizzi built,
but which is the TopP
that's under the FocP
that contrasts with the TopP (that sits on the TopP (that sits on the TopP (...) ))
that's not on the top of
but under the ForceP
that that is a head of
at the top of the CP
that Rizzi built.

And this is the IP that Cinque built...

 

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