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• Head-movement:
• A-movement:
• A-bar movement:
1. Modal+bare infinitive
She will eat cake.
4. be+progessive participle
She is eating cake.
5. be+perfect participle
Cake is (often) eaten.
Auxiliaries
TP
NP T'
Sue T NegP
will
Neg'
Neg VP
not
V'
V NP
eat
eggs
NegP, cont’d.
• Otherwise, it isn’t.
Do-support
Why?
T-to-V lowering
TP
NP T'
he
T VP
[+Tense]
[+3sg Agr] V'
AP V'
often V NP
eat+s
cake
T-to-V lowering, cont’d.
TP
NP T'
he T NegP
[+Tense]
[+3sg Agr] Neg'
Neg VP
not
V'
V NP
eat
cake
Do-support
TP
NP T'
he T NegP
[+Tense]
[+3sg Agr] Neg'
does
Neg VP
not
V'
V NP
eat
cake
T-to-C and Do-support
CP
C'
C [+Q] TP
[+Tense]
[+3sg Agr] NP T'
he
T VP
t
V'
V NP
eat+s
cake
T-to-C and Do-support, cont'd.
CP
C'
C [+Q] TP
[+Tense]
[+3sg Agr] NP T'
does he
T VP
t
V'
V NP
eat
cake