The syntax of orientation shifting: Evidence from English high adverbs

Rebecca Woods

The syntax of orientation shifting: Evidence from English high adverbs

Rebecca Woods

University of York

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This paper reviews new data supporting the inclusion of a Speech Act Phrase in the left periphery. Illocutionary and evidential adverbs in English shift orientation from speakers in declarative sentences to addressees in yes-no interrogative sentences. This orientation shift falls out of independently motivated principles: the adverbs contain a logophorically-sensitive PRO subject which is controlled by a syntactic representation of the discourse participants contained in a Speech Act Phrase high in the CP layer. It will be suggested that clause type modulates which discourse participants are available; only speakers are available in declaratives whereas addressees are also available in interrogatives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ConSOLE XXII
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe
Editors	Martin Kohlberger, Kate Bellamy, Eleanor Dutton
Publisher	Leiden University
Pages	205-230
Number of pages	26
Publication status	Published - Jan 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	22nd Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 8 Jan 2014 → 10 Jan 2014 Conference number: XXII https://sites.google.com/site/consolexxii/ (Link to Conference Website)

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Conference	22nd Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe
Abbreviated title	ConSOLE 2014
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	8/01/14 → 10/01/14
Internet address	https://sites.google.com/site/consolexxii/ (Link to Conference Website)

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Woods, R 2014, The syntax of orientation shifting: Evidence from English high adverbs. in M Kohlberger, K Bellamy & E Dutton (eds), ConSOLE XXII: Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe. Leiden University, pp. 205-230, 22nd Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe, Lisbon, Portugal, 8/01/14. <http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lucl/research/sole/proceedings/console-xxii-proceedings.html>

The syntax of orientation shifting: Evidence from English high adverbs. / Woods, Rebecca.
ConSOLE XXII: Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe. ed. / Martin Kohlberger; Kate Bellamy; Eleanor Dutton. Leiden University, 2014. p. 205-230.

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