出版社：Department of General Linguistics, University of Stellenbosch
摘要：Bobaljik and Thráinsson (1998) showed how the Split-IP parameter (SIP) (Thráinsson 1996) could account for the cross-linguistic clustering of a number of superficially unrelated properties: multiple inflectional morphemes, transitive expletive constructions (TECs), object shift constructions (OSCs), and verb movement in non-V2 environments. This paper investigates the setting of the SIP in Afrikaans. It will be shown that the only two diagnostics that can be used to determine the setting of the SIP in Afrikaans are the presence/absence of TECs and the presence/absence of OSCs. Although it has been claimed that Afrikaans allows neither TECs nor OSCs (see, for example, Donaldson 1993; Bobaljik and Jonas 1996; Koeneman 2000), this paper provides arguments, as well as evidence from native speaker judgments, that show that both of these constructions are indeed allowed in Afrikaans. In so doing, the paper provides evidence for a [+SIP] setting in Afrikaans. The paper is organized as follows: section 2 provides a brief discussion of the SIP; section 3 provides evidence for the existence of TECs in Afrikaans; section 4 provides evidence for the existence of OSCs in Afrikaans; and section 5 provides a brief conclusion.
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