DP-Internal NP Movement *
Tanmoy Bhattacharya · 1998
In this paper I show that there are clause-like NP-movements within the DP. There have been various proposals for N-movement within the DP (Bernstein 1993, Longobardi 1994 etc.) but none concerning NP-movement. I show that in Bangla (Bengali) at least two types of DP-internal NP movements take place, both of which are due to specificity. The analysis offered, in terms of a difference between nP and NP movement, additionally derives the result that the deixis obtained in phrases where the NP has moved leftward is non-locative. 1 NP `Object Shift' In this section, I will briefly 1 show that the first type of NP movement within the DP is similar to the clause-like NP movement known as Object Shift in languages like Icelandic. I will further show that this movement is based on phrasal specificity. Diesing (1992) shows that indefinite subjects in Dutch and objects in Turkish allow a specific interpretation of indefinite NPs in certain syntactic contexts. She equates specificity wi...