Two Notes on ATB Movement

This paper discusses two independent issues on the nature of across-theboard (ATB) movement. First, I address a question of whether distinct elements, not identical elements, can be extracted out of the conjuncts in an ATB fashion. It is argued that the answer is negative, based on multiple wh-fronting. Furthermore, I suggested that the relevant illicit ATB movement is reducible to vacuous quantification, adopting Fox's (2000) multidimensional approach to the Coordinate Structure Constraint (CSC) effects. Second, I discuss some restrictions on gaps created by ATB movement. I propose that ATB movement should take place from syntactically parallel positions. The proposal captures the relevant restrictions, combined with Chomsky's (2000, 2001) hypothesis that the edge of vP is a landing site of successive cyclic movement.

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