Head Movement in Bulgarian LHM and Germanic V2 #
@cite{harizanov-gribanova-2019}
Connects the Minimalist analysis of head movement to empirical verb position data.
Bulgarian Long Head Movement #
@cite{lambova-2004c} (cited in @cite{harizanov-gribanova-2019} examples (29), (48), (52)): both word orders are grammatical with the same meaning.
Order A (participle before auxiliary): Pročeli bjaha studentite statijata. read be.3p.pst the.students the.article 'The students had read the article.'
Order B (auxiliary before participle): Studentite bjaha pročeli statijata. the.students be.3p.pst read the.article 'The students had read the article.'
Germanic V2 #
models_root_v2: German root declaratives are V2 (consistent with V-to-C)models_embedded_verb_final: German embedded clauses are verb-final
Disputed: V-to-I in German embedded clauses #
@cite{harizanov-gribanova-2019} (§5.1.2) and @cite{westergaard-2009} (Table 3.1) make incompatible claims about whether the finite verb raises to I/T/Fin in German embedded finite clauses.
- @cite{harizanov-gribanova-2019}, with @cite{haider-2010} as the
strongest contemporary German-internal anchor: V does NOT raise to
T in embedded non-V2 clauses — it "stays below adverbs/negation."
The only V-movement step in German is the V-to-C step in matrix
V2 contexts. (Quoted in
GermanicV2.lean.) - @cite{westergaard-2009}: German is +Fin° in Table 3.1. Combined with OV base order, +Fin° derives the verb-final embedded surface order via raising to Fin (rather than via the verb staying in V).
The empirical diagnostic — @cite{roberts-1993}'s V-to-I diagnostic
kit — is the position of the embedded finite verb relative to
sentence adverbs (e.g. oft, wahrscheinlich) and negation. Both
analyses derive verb-final surface order; they disagree about whether
V crosses I on the way there. The codebase records Westergaard's
positive claim via Fragments.German.german's .Fin membership;
@cite{harizanov-gribanova-2019}'s denial lives in prose ("no V-to-I"
is not a positive Lean witness), but the contradiction with
Westergaard is formalized as a refutation theorem below via the
westergaardToMovementParam projection.
German root declaratives are V2 — consistent with V-to-C head movement.
German embedded clauses are verb-final — no V-to-C in the presence of an overt complementizer.
The root-clause sentence from @cite{vikner-1995}.
@cite{westergaard-2009}'s positive claim: German embedded clauses
have V-to-I (= +Fin°). @cite{harizanov-gribanova-2019} disputes
this analytically (no V-to-I; verb stays in V). Re-exported from
Westergaard2009.fin_only_german so this file's H&G-vs-Westergaard
section has the witness in scope; the actual decide lives in
Westergaard2009. The H&G "no V-to-I" denial is encoded as a
refutation theorem below via the westergaardToMovementParam
projection.
Project @cite{westergaard-2009}'s V2 micro-parameter profile into
@cite{pollock-1989}'s V-movement parameter: the +Fin°
micro-parameter (V-to-Fin / V-to-I) in the V2 profile corresponds
to .raises in VMovementParam; its absence corresponds to
.inSitu. Lets the otherwise-incompatible Westergaard and H&G
accounts contradict each other on a common Lean object.
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@cite{harizanov-gribanova-2019}'s prediction for German embedded finite clauses: V stays in V — no V-to-I, no V-to-T.
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@cite{harizanov-gribanova-2019} predicts .inSitu for German
embedded clauses; @cite{westergaard-2009}'s V2 profile, projected
via westergaardToMovementParam, predicts .raises. The two
frameworks make contradictory predictions about a single Lean
object — formalizing the long-standing Vikner-vs.-Haider /
Westergaard-vs.-H&G dispute about V-to-I in German.