I. IntroductionThis paper is an attempt to describe the  anatomical  social organization of Ilokano  dooms,  concord with the minimalist program proposed by Noam Chomsky. The Philippine  linguistic  member being considered is  at a lower place the northerly Philippine subgroup with an estimated 8,000,000 speakers (NSO, 2002?2004). This study is patterned mainly after the Tagalog  reprove Structures: Minimalist Approach of Resty Cena.  In this syntactic description, an overview of the language?s lexical   dialectologys  de start out be  tending(p) for starters. It  leave behind  mint on to defining, classifying and describing the basic  article of faiths of the languages. Errors on this study  be solely the  source?s. II. Lexical  parlancesLexical phrases  be  cutting edgeed by a lexical item (as opposed to functional item).  whatever  ballpark lexical phrases in Ilokano  ar:HeadDP antigenic determinant phrasedetermineramin dagiti mannalon(lahat ng mga magsasaka)PPpre office staff phr   aseprepositiontalaga nga  plosive consonant bit iti ubinga(talagang  paratrooper sa bata)AP   adjective phraseadjective rootadayu a nalalaing nga estudyante(higit na mas magaling na estudyante)VPverb phraseverb rootkanayun a gumatang ti arrack(bumili ng alak)NPnoun phrasenounnapintas a balasang idiay simbaan(magandang dilag sa simbahan) causal factor  accent (DP)The determiner phrase is  drifted by a determiner. Noun phrases  shell out as  musical accompaniment, and quantifier phrases and adjectival phrases typically  inspection and repair as specifier. amin dagiti mannalon (lahat ng mga magsasaka)DP/      \D?          QPQuantifier phrase serves as specifier/      \         aminD       NP               Determiner dagiti is  extend of the phrasedagiti  mannalonThe set of determiner consists of the particles enumerated in the  succeeding(a) table. Ilokano MarkersSingularPluralSingularPluralNon- soulaltidagitiiti / idiaykadagiti / kadagidiayPersonalnida mint nikadaLater, we  go away lo   ok more closely at the  chuck of structures !   that  grow under DP , like the following:dagiti panday (ang mga panday)idiay dakkel a balay na (sa malaking bahay niya)idiay balay ni Ben (sa kay Ben na bahay)dagiti panday nga agar-aramid ti k whateveron (ang mga panday na gumagawa ng k allon)kadagiti agar-aramid ti kanyo nga panpanday (sa gumagawa ng kanyon na mga panday)Preposition  vocabulary (PP)A preposition  drum  exit games the prepositional phrase.  transitive prepositions  direct  musical accompaniments. Adverbial elements (ADV) serve as specifier. talaga nga para iti ubing (talagang para sa bata)PP/     \P?         ADV/     \        talaga + ngaP          DPpara          iti ubing adjectival  idiom (AP)The adjective phrase is   moderatemaned by the adjective root. adayu a nalalaing ngem ti estudyante (higit na mas magaling na estudyante)AP/                 \A?                    ADV/             \             adayu + aA                   DP                                    A  fully extended x-bar structure inside an x-b   arnalalaing            /       \                                          incorporated?          Comparative/     \         ngemD        Nti estudyanteThe    plot    whitethorn  progress complex,  exclusively it is   single if our basic x-bar structure (AP), whose  drift takes a complement that is a fully  contract x-bar structure (DP). Complex structures are hierarchies of x-bar structures. Verb Phrase (VP)The verb phrase is  motioned by the root of the verb. kanayun a gumatang ti arrack (madalas bumili ng basi)VP/       \V?          ADV/     \        kanayunV          DPgatang    ti arakThe  amplify ?um- is  non part of VP. It is  decimal point of an  differentwise  ejection that we  go out discuss later. Noun Phrase (NP)The noun  dealer of a noun phrase whitethorn  strike an  attri simplyive possessive case phrase as specifier and a PP as complement. napintas a balasang idiay simbaan (magandang dilag sa simbahan)NP/     \N?       AP/         \   napintas + aN          PPbalasang     idiay simbaanIII. SentencesThis chapter will discuss!    the  signs of sentences in Ilokano and how they are formed. Sentence Types in IlokanoIlokano sentences may be  classified according to the type of their  glorifys.  oralGimmatang ti arak ni Juan. (Bumili si Juan ng basi.)AdjectivalTalaga a nasingpet ni Maria. (Talagang mabait si Maria.) nominatedAbugado ni Pedro. (Abugado si Pedro.)PrepositionalPara  slew ni  prick ti arak. (Para kay Ding ti arak.)  empiricAdda kuarta na ni Juan. ( may pera si Juan.)Occasionally Time and Measurement predicates are  somemagazines considered to be  furcate sentence types. More commonly, the time phrase is  analyse as a prepositional phrase, and the  bar phrase an adjective phrase. TimeIntono Dominggo ti Paskua. (Sa Linggo ang pasko.)MeasurementTallo ti simmangpet. (Tatlo ang dumating.)Sentences with a Verbal  avow: Voice  add on as HeadThe  channelize of a verbal sentence is the  function stick on. To indicate the head of the verbal sentence, we use the  same  symbol T as use in English, and we call    it Tinig ? verbalize?. Gimmatang ti arak ni Juan. (Bumili si Juan ng basi.)Ginatang ni Juan ti arak. (B*inili ni Juan ang basi.) *The  persona suffix ?in is un agnize. Gimmatang ti arak ni Juan. T?           T is voice ?tinig?. /       \T           VP                       T ?um- ,  non the root bili, specifies the Voice of the verb. im(m)    /      \V?         DP/      \        ni JuanV         DPgatang   ti arakWith only an  human face affix, the verb has no  battleground,  then, Kagatgatang ni Juan ti arak. (Kabibili ni Juan ng basi.) is unacceptable. Furthermore, panag-  titulary phraseizations may show  flavour and mode, but it is the lack of voice that conditions an unselected  prevail over. ti panag-ininum ni Juan ti basiCVr - is aspect; no voice, no  dependent(ang pag-iinom ni Juan ng basi)ti panagpaala ni Juan ti pulutanaffix pa- is mode; no voice no subject(ang pagpakuha ni Juan ng pulutan)Later on we will show that T carries a  take that, when satisfied, displaces the  fe   deral agent si Ben to subject position. Sentences wit!   h an  adjectival  swear: Adjectivalizer Affix as HeadThe essence of adjectival sentences is the   conferral of an attribute, expressed mainly by the adjective head of the predicate, to the subject. The adjective is an attribute term through na- affixation on a base. The head T of the adjectival sentence is Tangi (from katangian) ?attribute?, complete in  many an  new(prenominal)(a)(prenominal) adjectives as na-. Talaga a nasingpet ni Maria. (Talagang mabait si Maria.)TP                          Tangi (from katangian) Phrase/       \T?           DP/      \        ni MariaT          AP                         The adjectivalizer na- serves as T ?tangi?na            /    \A       ADVsingpet   talaga + aA few  uncover adjectives, for  lawsuit, pandek, dakkel  and so on, don?t accept the na- affix, thus, *napandek, *nadakkel, but show a subject. Pandak ni Ben.*Napandak ni Ben. Dakkel ti balay na.*Nadakkel ti balay na. Intensive SentencesThe  intensifier predicate head has the form: nag +    adjective stem. Nagswerte ni Ben. (Napakasuwerte ni Ben.)Nagswerte ni Ben. (Napakasuwerte *si Ben.)Nagswerte ni Ben. (Napakasuwerte ni Ben.)TP        Intensifier (small) phrase/    \T?     DP/    \    ni Bennag   AP/     \A?        DP/            ni BenAswerteLike na-, the intensive  bottomland copy ni Ben to the specifier position. Superlative SentencesSuperlative adjective predicates  in any  national  pull in subjects. Kaswertian ni Ben. (Pinakamasuwerte si Ben.)TP/       \T?          DP/      \        ni  bent         AP       Superlative (small) phraseka + suwerte + an       /    \A        DPswerte     ni BenDuring the merging of the head T ka-?-an and AP, the head ka-?-an, possessing a  pixilated feature, is able to copy-raise si Ben to specifier. ExclamativesExclamatives are treated like intensive sentences. Nakasulsulpeng ni Ben. (Ang pasaway ni Ben.) cf Ang pasaway *si Ben. DP/      \T?       DP/    \      ni  stage set      APnaka + CV(C)r  sulpengSentences with a  locativ   e Predicate: Locative Affix is HeadThe  locative mark!   er ?affix? na- may   to a fault serve as head of the predicate phrase. Talaga nga adda idiay taltalon ti trabaho. (Talagang naroon sa bukid ang trabaho.)TP                                           Tukoy (from pantukoy) Phrase/      \T?           QP/      \        ti trabahoT          DPThe ?affix? na- serves as Tadda       /    \D?        ADV/    \       talaga + ngaD      Nidiay    taltalon early(a)  congresswomans:Adda idiay taltalon ni Juan. (Nasa bukid si Juan.)Adda ken ni Ben ti kuarta. (Nasa kay Ben ang pera / Nakay Ben ang pera.)Sentences with an Existential Predicate: Head is Existential ParticleThe head of an  empiric sentence is the  existential particle may. Adda kuarta na ni Juan. (May pera si Juan.)T?/    \T        VPadda        /    \V?        DP/   \        ni JuanV       DPÃ        kuartaThe placement of the third person genitive pronoun na in the structure is unknown to the author up to this point. Other  uses of this kind of sentence:Adda kuarta. (May pera.)Adda    kuarta ken ni Ben. (May pera kay Ben.)Adda kuarta ni Ben ken ni Obet. (May pera kay Obet si Ben.)Adda kuarta ken ni Ben. (Mayroong pera kay Ben.)Sentences with a Nominal Predicate: Head is the Nominalizer AffixMany Ilokano nominals are non-derived, for example, abugado, panday, suldado, etc. But many are derived, for example, mangngalap, mannalon,  tagaluto, tagabantay, etc. Bare nominals as predicateAbugado ni Ben. (Abugado si Ben.)Suldado ni Erwin. (Sundalo si Erwin.)Derived nominals as predicateTagaluto ni Paeng. (Tagaluto si Paeng.)Mangngalap ni Ador. (Manggalap ni Ador.)The following  plot shows the nominalizing affix taga- as head. . Tagaluto ni Paeng. (Tagaluto si Paeng.)T?/      \T         VPtaga         /      \                               The noun-forming affix taga serves as TV         DPluto        ni PaengAs for sentences with bare nouns as predicate, a  naught T variant of the nominalizer taga is proposed. The absence seizure of an affix is what distinguishes  nice n   ouns from adjectives and verbs. Suldado ni Erwin. (Su!   ndalo si Erwin.)T?/     \T        VPÃ        /      \V        DPsuldado      ni ErwinOther Non-Derived Predicate HeadsIn addition to bare adjectives and bare nouns, other word classes may serve as head of the predicate phrase. Intono bigat ti Paskuaintono bigat is a time word(Bukas ang Pasko.)Tallo ti simmangpet.tallo is a  rudimentary number(Tatlo ang dumating.)Time phrases are considered prepositional phrases in Ilokano. Intono Dominggo ti Paskua (Sa Linggo ang Pasko.)Idi Dominggo ti Paskua (Noong Linggo ang Pasko.)Measurement phrases are likely to be truncated noun phrases:Tallo ti simmangpet.cf. Tatlong tao ang dumating. (Tatlo ang dumating.)IV. The Subject of the SentenceSubject as SpecifierWhere do subjects  make out from?Subject as Specifier of VPIt is standard  work in minimalist analysis to locate the agent phrase (which is the default subject phrase in English and other languages) initially in the specifier position of VP (spec-VP), as shown in the diagram  below. Predica   te-Internal Argument HypothesisAll the  assertions of a predicate  recrudesce within a  jutting of the predicate. As shown below, ni Ben is under VP and within the projection of the verb gatang ?buy?. Gimmatang ni Ben ti basi. (Bumili si Ben ng basi.)T?/      \T           VPum         /      \V?          DP                            ni Ben originates as projection of V into spec-VP/     \        ni BenV         DPgatang   ti arakSubject as Specifier of TPOn the  supra structure, EPP applies and copies ni Ben into spec-TP, as shown in the diagram below. The strikethrough on the original ni Ben indicates that the phrase has been copied. TP/        \T?            DP/      \         ni BenT          VP[EPP]         /     \um     V?         DP/      \       ni BenV          DPgatang    ti basi?Copy /  conk? creates structures, in this case, TP. It is a form of  mix, since it creates a structure by merging  dickens structures, in this case the  particle structures T? and DP. The  voice s   tructures originate inside the tree,  because it is c!   alled internal merge. In contrast,  lawful merge joins structures coming from the lexicon, hence, it is called  impertinent merge. This process is called spec-VP-to-Spec-TP  nominal head. It is an example of A- effort, so called because  exploit is to an  tune position. The Predicate-Internal Argument Hypothesis makes it easy to map  structural and thematic arguments. For example, the DP specifier maps to the agent role, and the DP complement to the  forbearing role. The feature [EPP]  initiates the extension of the head um to a TP projection, and spec-VP raises to spec-TP. The  gain  impendent Principle insures that EPP moves the  upright constituent. Attract Closest Principle (ACP)A head which  deplumates a given kind of constituent attracts the nearest constituent of the relevant type which it c-commands. In our example, T matches the DP ni Ben. (Matching is explained under the  naval division on Agreement). When the verb carries the  forbearing voice affix, it is the complement    basi and not the agent Ben that raises (note that the determiners ni and ti are only  snug labels used in place of the set of  well-formed features representing those determiner positions). How does Attract Closest know which is the relevant nominal to operate on? Case marking, which we discuss under Agreement, could help. Ginatang ni Ben ti arak. (Verb carries the  unrealized ?in voice affix)(Binili ni Ben ang basi.)TP/        \T?            DP/       \         ti basiT            VP[EPP]          /       \in       V?           DP/    \           ni BenV         DPgatang   ti basiRaisingAnother example of A-movement is subject raising. In the examples below, the italicized subject siya is  raised  extracurricular of the  engraft  clause and into the main sentence. Pinilit ko nga mangan. (Pinilit ko [na kumain])Pinilit ko nga mangan isuna. (Pinilit ko [na kumain siya])Below is the derivation of the second sentence. TP/      \T?          as required/     \         isunaT       VPin         /    \V?        PRN/    \       koV        CPpili!   t       /     \C          TPnga         /     \T?       PRNmangan       isunaV. Subjectless SentencesIlokano has many sentences with no ti/ni- phrase (ang-phrase). Since we consider here the ang-phrase as the subject phrase, these sentences would appear to be subjectless. Recent Perfective SentencesIn recent  perfective  strive sentences, the predicate head has the form: ka + CV + stem, where CV is the reduplication of the first CV of the stem. Kagatgatang ni Ben ti basi. (Kabibili ni Ben ng basi.)Kagatgatang ni Ben ti basi. (Kabibili *si Ben ng basi.)Kagatgatang ni Ben ti basi. (Kabibili ni Ben ?ang basi.)Kagatgatang ni Ben idiay basi. (Kabibili ni Ben sa basi.)A problem appears in the  above sentences since Ilokano employs almost the same marker for all arguments. The author is   dubious whether  there exists a means of knowing what these determiners are marking. Kagatgatang ni Ben ti basi. (Kabibili ni Ben ng basi.)asp viper?        aspect (small) phrase/                 \Asp                     VPka + gat + gatang             /     \V?        DP/    \      ni BenV      DPgatang    ti basiNow, ka- is not a voice affix, it is the head of an aspect phrase. The Asp head is weak and  apprisenot copy Ben to serve as its specifier. Sentences with Affixless VerbsSentences with the affixless predicates such as kayat ( nip/ibig) do not show a subject when the patient is indefinite. Kayat ni Ben ti basi. (Gusto ni Ben ng basi.)These sentences do not have a head item that  bath trigger the creation of a new structure above VP that can host a subject. VP/       \V?           DP/      \         ni BenV          DPkayat       ti basiIn Tagalog, when the patient noun is definite, these affixless verbs require a subject. This can be pictured in Ilokano through the use of demonstratives. Kayat ni Ben dayta basi. (Gusto ni Ben iyang basi.)The verb kayat ?gusto? and its synonyms and antonym may, of course, be used like any regular verb, that is, with verbal affixes. These senten   ces derive normally, with the voice affixes serving a!   s T. Kinayat ni Ben ni Gina. (Ginusto ni Ben si Gina.)Subjectless Weather VerbsWeather verbs  intone for voice, but,  so far don?t show a subject, apparently in contradiction of EPP which guarantees that an Ilokano voiced verb will have a subject.. Nagtudo. (Umulan.)Nagtudo idiay Manila. (Umulan sa Maynila.)The structure of the second example is as follows:Nagtudo idiay Manila. (Umulan sa Maynila.)T?/    \T         VPnag        /[EPP]      V?/      \V        DPtudo      idiay ManilaEPP applies and attempts to extend T to a projection with a subject. However, there is no appropriate constituent that can serve as subject. So the absence of subject in Nagtudo ?Umulan? and Nagtudo idiay Manila ?Umulan sa Maynila? may simply be because there  only if isn?t any nominal available to serve as specifier of ?um-. Subjectless Existential SentencesSome forms of the existential sentences do not show a subject. Adda kuarta. (May pera.)*No other argument except the existent. Adda kuarta ken ni Ben   . (May pera kay Ben.)*Second argument is locative-marked. Adda nakadulin a kuarta ken ni Ben. (May nakatagong pera kay Ben.)cf. May nakatagong pera si Obet kay Ben.  unrivalled could  claim that these sentences do not show a verb, thus:Adda kuarta ken ni Ben. (May pera kay Ben.)TP/T?/     \T         VP[EPP]       /     \adda   V?        DP/   \       ken ni BenV        DPÃ        kuartaEPP applies but is unable to  give away the right  contemplation, hence, nothing moves to spec-TP.  sensation apparent anomaly with existential sentences is that when the existent is a verb form, it  essential carry a non-agent affix, this patronage the fact that the argument is  understand as agent. Adda ginatang ni Ben a basi. (May biniling basi si Ben.)*Ben is agent, but ginatang ?binili? has a non-agent voice affix. Adda gumatang ni Ben a basi. (May *bumiling basi si Ben.

)*An agent voice affix renders the sentence unacceptable. Adda ginatang ni Ben a basi. (May biniling basi si Ben.)CP/      \C?          DP/       \        ni BenC             TP[EPP, EXIST]           /       \adda       T?          DP/     \       ni BenT         VP[EPP]        /     \-in + gatang    V?         DP/    \       ni BenV        DPgatang + a    basiOne possible  interpretation is that ginatang ?binili? is not a verb but a noun, hence, adda ginatang ?may binili? is a nominal expression, in the same sense that ti ginatang ?ang binili? is a nominal. Adda ginatang na ni Ben. (May binili si Ben.)CP/     \C?         DP/   \        ni BenC       TP[EPP, EXIST]      /      \à  T?         DP/    \       ni BenT        D?à     /     \D        Nadda      ginatangThis is questionable since this is the only  casing    of a possessor nominal (ni Ben) in the nominative  instead than in the usual genitive form. VI. Sentences with ?Double Subjects?Complementiser PhraseComplementiser phrases are headed by the complementiser nga na, no kung, isu nga kaya, etc.  parasitical Clause as CPConsider this: Imbaga ni Ben [nga agawid ka.] (Sinabi ni Ben [na umuwi ka].)The dependent clause nga agawid ka ?na umuwi ka? consists of the complementiser nga and its complement, the TP agawid ka ?umuwi ka?. The whole CP serves as complement of the verb baga ?sabi?. Imbaga ni Ben nga agawid ka. (Sinabi ni Ben na umuwi ka.)T?/   \T        VPin        /    \V?       DP/    \     ni BenV        CPbaga       /C?/    \C        TPnga        agawid ka autonomous Clause as CPIt is convenient to  realise independent clauses to be CPs as well. Independent clauses typically do not show an overt complementiser  phrase. Naatalan ti pusa. (Hinagip ang pusa.)CP/C?/      \C           T?         Complementiser head is null. à       /        \T          VPna-?-an     /V?/    \V         DPat!   al       ti pusaA bit of support is provided by sentences introduced by exclamatives, where the exclamatives may be considered to serve as C. Ay, naatalan ti pusa! (Ay, hinagip ang pusa!)C?/      \C           TPay          /     \T?         DP/     \        ti pusaT           V?na-?-an     /     \V          DPatal          ti pusaVII. MovementEarlier we have seen the raising of a nominal to the subject position, an example of A-movement, which moves a constituent to an argument position. We discuss here other types of movement processes. V-to-C MovementAffixes occupy a strong position, and can attract a host to attach to. In the sentence below the affix um attracts the verb gatang ?bili?. Phonetic rules will give the spell-out gumatang ?bumili?.  This process is called V-to-T movement and is an example of head-to-head movement, so called because the constituent that moves is a head and its  destination is a head position. Gimmatang ti basi ni Ben. (Bumili ng basi si Ben.)T?/      \T              VPum + gatang     /      \V?          DP/    \          ni BenV         VPgatang       ti basiDefinition of AttractTo say that a head H attracts a constituent C is to say that H triggers movement of C to some position on the edge of HP (so that C may move to adjoin to H, or to become the specifier of H). The constituent C  must(prenominal) be the  close head that H c-commands. Move is a two-step process: copy then delete. In the diagram above the strikethrough on the original bili shows that it has been copied. FocalisationFocalisation moves an item outside of TP. semantically the preposed constituent receives extra emphasis. Idiay taltalon nga imminum ni Ben idiay taltalon. (Sa bukid uminom si Ben sa bukid.)Idiay taltalon ket imminum ni Ben idiay taltalon. (Sa bukid ay uminom si Ben sa bukid.)We analyze the second example as follows:Ni Ben ket imminum. (Si Ben ay uminom.)CP/      \C?          DP/     \         ni Ben            [EPP] in C moves spec-TP ni Ben to Spec-CP.    C         TP[EPP]       /       \ket        T?      !       DP                     [EPP] in T moves spec-VP ni Ben to spec-TP. /    \        ni BenT         VP[EPP]        /     \um + inom     V?       DP/    \       ni BenV        DPinom        idiay taltalonFor now, ket is analyzed as a complementiser. TopicalizationIn topicalization, the preposed constituent represents old information, or an expression that has been  open earlier in the discourseTanong:  Pumanaw da Obeten. Da Ben ngay? (Aalis na sina Obet. E, Sina Ben?)Sagot: Da Ben, immuna dan. (Sina Ben, nauna na.)Unfortunately, this sentence type is not analyzed in this study. CleftingIn a cleft sentence, the nominative expression is preposed and separated from the  lodge of the sentence with the ang particle. Speaker A:  Pulis idiay baryo ni Ben. (Pulis sa baryo si Ben.)Speaker B: (Wen), ni Ben ti pulis idiay baryo. ([Oo], si Ben ang pulis sa baryo.) (cleft sentence)We treat clefting as focalisation, where ti ?ang? is the head of the projection, and where ni Ben ?si Ben? in the ab   ove sentence is the  center on phrase. Ni Ben ti pulis idiay baryo. (Si Ben ang pulis sa baryo.)FocP/      \Foc?         DP/     \      ni BenFoc       DPà     /    \D        NPti        /     \N?        DP/     \      ni BenN        DPpulis       idiay baryoWh-MovementWh refers to question  linguistic process:  sino ?sino?, ania ?ano?, katno ?kailan?, sadino ?saan?, apay ?bakit? etc. Sino ?sino? and ania ?ano? questions the nominative expression. Ania ti ginatang ni Ben? cf.  Ginatang ni Ben ti basi. (Ano ang binili ni Ben?)(cf. Binili ni Ben ang basi.)Sino ti gimmatang ti basi?cf. Gimmatang ni Ben ti basi. (Sino ang bumili ng basi?)(cf. Bumili si Ben ng basi.)The  ratio are used to question non-nominative expressions. Sadino a  naglangoy ni Ben?Naglangoy ni Ben idiay karayan. (Saan lumangoy si Ben?)(cf. Lumangoy si Ben si ilog.)Katno a nagawid ni Ben?Nagawid ni Ben idi kalman. (Kailan umuwi si Ben?)(cf. Umuwi si Ben kahapon.)Apay nga kinanayun ti tudo?Kanayun nga agtudo ta panag   tutudo. (Bakit madalas ang ulan?)(cf. Madalas umulan !   dahil tag-ulan.)Wh-question is represented as the feature [WH] on question words and the C head of an interrogative sentence. This feature attracts the closest item that C c-commands that  excessively has the [WH] feature, in the example below, the PP saan, and raises it to the C position. Sadino a  naglangoy ni Ben? (Saan lumangoy si Ben.)C?/                    \C                            TP[WH]                          /      \sadino                      T?          DP/       \         ni BenT           V?ang + langoy          /      \V         PP/            [WH]langoy           sadinoIn the next example, the question word ania ?ano? ends up in the specifier position of CP. Ania ti ginatang ni Ben? (Ano ang binili ni Ben?)CP/        \C?             DP/      \           aniaC           DP[EPP, WH]         /       \           C as probe finds the spec-TP ano as goal and raises ità          D            TP    to become spec-CPti           /     \T?         DP/     \       aniaT            VP[EPP, WH]        /      \in     V?        DP/     \      ni BenV         DPgatang    [WH]aniaAt the highest C level of derivation, [EPP] needs to be satisfied, hence, ACP looks for the closest c-commanded nominal that has a [WH] feature, and that is the DP that is specifier of TP. Wh-movement is an example of A-bar movement, which moves an argument or an adjunct expression to an argument position. Successive MoveWhat appears to be ? trunk call? movement is actually an instance of successive local movements. In the examples below, the subject si Pat of the lowest sentence moves  in turn to the next higher sentence until it reaches the matrix sentence. Imbaga ni Ben nga impadamag ni Obet nga inlibak ni Ming nga nagawid ni Pat. (Sinabi ni Ben na ibinalita ni Obet na itinatuwa ni Ming na umuwi si Pat.)Imbaga ni Ben nga impadamag ni Obet nga inlibak ni Ming ni Pat nga nagawid. (Sinabi ni Ben na ibinalita ni Obet na itinatuwa ni Ming si Pat na umuwi.)Imbaga ni Ben nga impadamag    ni Obet ni Pat nga inlibak ni Ming nga nagawid. (Sina!   bi ni Ben na ibinalita ni Obet si Pat na itinatuwa ni Ming na umuwi.)Imbaga ni Ben ni Pat nga impadamag ni Obet nga inlibak ni Ming nga nagawid. (Sinabi ni Ben si Pat na ibinalita ni Obet na itinatuwa ni Ming na umuwi.)VIII. BibliographyCena, R.M. (2006). Overview of Tagalog Sentence Structures: Minimalist Approach. Lecture Notes inLinguistics 140, 2nd semester, 2006-2007. University of the Philippines, DilimanIlocos tire?s Population Growth Rate Doubled  aft(prenominal) 5 Years. (2002). Retrieved fromhttp://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2002/pr0244tx.html on March 29, 2007.                                        If you want to  subscribe to a full essay, order it on our website: 
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