Argument Scrambling and Object Shift

Argument Scrambling and Object Shift

The aim of this paper is to explain the general property of short distance argument scrambling in Korean and to show that scrambling is closely related to object shift. In other words, only the objects which undergo object shift can undergo scrambling. Hence, the indefinite objects which occur in the sentence-initial position undergo two operations, object shift and scrambling. The former is A-movement which is driven by EPP-feature checking. The latter is A'-movement which is focus-driven. The puzzling properties of argument scrambling such as anaphora binding and weak crossover effects are accounted for as a consequence of the two step derivation.