Null complementizers Sept. 21, 2012 Day 11 Introduction to
Syntax ANTH 3590/7590 Harry Howard Tulane University Slide 2 C
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Tulane Slide 3 9/21/12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 3 Slide
4 R EVIEW 9/21/12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 4 Slide 5 D
IAGRAM THESE TWO SENTENCES She wants to take a picture of herself.
Nobody said that they would have any fun. 9/21/12 5 ANTH3590/7590,
Harry Howard, Tulane Slide 6 3.6 NULL C IN FINITE CLAUSES 9/21/12
ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 6 Slide 7 OVERVIEW The pattern,
#42 a) We didnt know [ if/whether he had resigned] b) We didnt know
[ that he had resigned] c) We didnt know [he had resigned]
Hypothesis: all embedded clauses have a complementizer. See tree on
next slide. 9/21/12 7 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane Slide 8
9/21/12 ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 8 TP TTPR N we VP T
would TP V know TTPRN he VPT had V resigned CP C if/whether that We
would know [{if/whether/that/} he had resigned]
