EPP-효과와 개정표찰화이론

EPP-effect and Revised Labeling Theory

This study concerns what is called the EPP-effect in natural languages, which has been so far assumed to be perfectly captured by the labeling algorithm(LA) within Chomsky's (2013, 2015) labeling theory(LT). However, it is detected in this study that there still exist so many exceptional EPP-related phenomena, including the pure EPP-effect, that cannot be explained without the PSR: S → DP VP under LT. Chomsky (2013, 2015) also implicitly ascribes the pure EPP-effect to the successive-cyclic movement, ensured by Moro’s (2000) dynamic asymmetry, which, however, comes with more complexities with regard to the feature-agreement system that LA depends upon. Hence, this study argues for a revised labeling theory, so called RLT, suggesting some new principles such as in (23), (29), (32), and (52) under the extended feature-inheritance principle previously proposed in (22). RLT proves that all types of movement for the EPP-effect are triggered only by Agree-feature agreement attributed to LA. Consequently, it comes to light that there is no pure EPP-effect, no successive-cyclic movement, no Moro’s dynamic asymmetry, and hence no residue PSR under the RLT-framework of this study.