V-C Dependency, Phase Extension, and Raising to Object

From the Phase Impenetrability Condition (PIC) perspectives, raising of a non-edge element out of the embedded CP is problematic in that the movement crosses over CP, a strong phase boundary. This would falsely block the raising to object (RTO) in Korean (and Japanese). This paper is an attempt to solve this problem in terms of phase extension (den Dikken 2007, 2008) by slightly modifying its definition to include V-C dependency via selection. It is proposed that phase can be extended under head-head dependency. This dependency is captured either by moving a phase head to the higher functional head or by head-head selection. It is claimed that Korean RTO can proceed in one fell swoop from its initial position inside VP to the matrix landing site over the intermediate CP boundary without violating the PIC. This is made possible via phase extension from CP to VP under V-C dependency. This new analysis is compared to Ogawa's (2007) V to C movement analysis and to Yoon's (2007) Major Subject Raising (MSR) analysis of RTO. It is argued that the present analysis in terms of phase extension is a simpler alternative to them.