Head Movement in Logical Form

The level of logical form in government & binding theory is considered. Logical form is the abstract level to which S-structure is mapped & at which scope relations are more easily represented. A single process may operate to deform phrase markers between D-structure & S-structure, & between S-structure & logical form. It is argued that a constraint on S-structure movement does not constrain logical form movement. Some similarities between verb movement in Vata, a Kru language, & in Chinese, in which movements appear to violate the head movement constraint, are discussed. The general properties of head movement, in particular the head movement from the empty category principle are discussed. It is argued that the analysis of long-distance anaphors & an analysis by H. Koopman (The Syntax of Verbs, Dordrecht: Foris, 1983) can be accounted for by considering head movement part of logical form. 33 References. R. Sheffer