Conditions on Cyclic Linearization

In this paper, I am going to discuss whether movement in the Cyclic Linearization model is totally free, as long as it observes Order Preservation among non-empty elements. I will demonstrate that this is not actually true, examining the Japanese Nominative-over-Nominative scrambling in the Nominative Object Constructions. On the basis of the analysis proposed, I will suggest two alternative ideas. One is that not all empty categories are invisible to Cyclic Linearization. The other is that a certain semantic constraint requires Order Preservation.

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