Some implications of improper movement for cartography

Abstract

This paper briefly reviews the theory of movement from Abels (to appear). I start with the observation that my Universal Con-straint on the Ordering of Operations in Language is massively redundant if not isomorphic to existing cartographic hierarchies for phrase structure. Thus, operational ordering can be viewed as a new source of evidence for or against particular cartographic proposals. Given the redundancy between the two hierarchies, I then investigate a number of possible ways of reducing my the-ory of movement to cartography. The failure of these attempts is instructive in that they bring out an apparently irreducible dif-ference between external and internal merge. They also point to a rather abstract conception of cartographic hierarchies. ∗This paper owes its existence to Edwin Williams ’ work (1974; 2002). I would also like to thank audiences in Tromsø, Leipzig, London, Geneva, Konstanz, and Bruxelles for the chance to present and discuss related material in various forums

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