An Additional Support for Phase Theory: Phasehood of vP and non-phasehood of TP

Abstract

Chomsky (2000 and subsequent work) argues that a phase is CP or vP, but not TP (see also Fox 1999 and Nissenbaum 2000). This squib shows that successive cyclic A'-movement targets every vP (and CP) along the way to the final landing site, and presents additional empirical support in favor of a vP-peripheral, but not TP-peripheral, landing site for A'-movement.