Notes on the Symmetry-Breaking Algorithm

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this paper, we will show that the Symmetry-Breaking Algorithm can account for properties of copular sentences, the effect of *{t, t} constraint proposed by Narita (2015), and focus movement properties of Kirundi inversion structures. The Symmetry-Breaking Algorithm involves two assumptions. First, conceptual-intentional interface does not allow the symmetry structures created by Merge at narrow syntax. Second, movement is triggered by the necessity to preserve the conceptual-intentional interface with asymmetry structures. That is, movement is required to break the symmetry structures created by Merge at narrow syntax. To capture the empirical evidence of the Symmetry-Breaking Algorithm, we will suggest that the Symmetry-Breaking Algorithm can explain the phenomena of copular sentences in English and Italian, the effect of *{t, t} constraint in Narita (2015), and the motivation of focus movement in Kirundi inversion structures with the symmetry configuration.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. Introduction
• Ⅱ. Symmetry Breaking Algorithm and Copular Sentences
• Ⅲ. Symmetry Breaking Algorithm and *{t, t}
• Ⅳ. Symmetry Breaking Algorithm and Inversion Construction in Kirundi
• Ⅴ. Conclusion
• Works Cited

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