This thesis investigates the nature of the Feature-Relativized Shortest Move Requirement (FRSMR) as first proposed by Ferguson (1993a, 1996) and Ferguson and Groat (1994a, 1994b, 1995). In essence, this requirement dictates that movement (i.e., Move-;Offering a natural analysis of the types of features and feature checking (e.g., Case, Agr) which drive movement, I examine the Case and Agr checking of the direct object, providing a unified account of object shift and object incorporation, thereby eliminating disjunctive formulations of the Case Filter (e.g., Baker 1988; cf. Rizzi and Roberts 1989). I further examine the Case and Agr checking of the subject (in addition to the direct object) and deduce Holmberg's (1986) Generalization as well as the required availability of Spec-TP, given overt object shift (Jonas and Bobaljik 1993, Bobaljik and Jonas 1996, Thrainsson 1993). I also examine the Case and Agr checking of the object of a preposition, deducing the apparent invisibility of PP nodes for computing c-command relations. Supporting the VP shell analysis underlying my account of PP invisibility, I argue for a deduction of Keyser and Roeper's (1992) Abstract Clitic Hypothesis based on Hale and Keyser's (1993) theory of argument structure.
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机译：本文研究了Ferguson（1993a，1996）和Ferguson and Groat（1994a，1994b，1995）首次提出的相对特征化最短动作要求（FRSMR）的性质。从本质上讲，此要求指示运动（即Move-；对特征类型进行自然分析并推动运动的特征检查（例如Case，Agr），我检查直接对象的Case和Agr检查，以提供对对象移动和对象合并的统一解释，从而消除了案例过滤器的析取表述（例如Baker 1988；参见Rizzi和Roberts 1989）我进一步检查了主题的Case和Agr检查（除了直接对象之外） ），并推论了霍尔姆贝格（1986）的一般化以及Spec-TP所需的可用性，考虑到明显的对象移动（Jonas和Bobaljik，1993； Bobaljik和Jonas，1996； Thrainsson，1993）；我还研究了Case和Agr检查对象为了支持PP隐身的VP外壳分析，我主张对Keyser和Roeper（1992）的抽象推论进行推论假设基于Hale和Keyser（1993）的论点结构理论。
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