La continuación de Nicolás Núñez a Cárcel de amor.

Sin resume

A-Movement and the Binding Theory

In current GB theory, traces of movement, both A- and A′-movement, are assumed to be regulated by the binding theory as well as the ECP. However, in recent years it has been noted that the effects of the binding theory for traces of movement overlap with those of the ECP to a great extent and therefore, no harm is done even if traces are exempt from the binding theory. Specifically, my main concern in this paper is the validity of the binding theory for A-movement. In addition to data of the aforementioned kind, which merely suggests the redundancy of binding theory for movement, I present data which, crucially disconfirms the validity of the binding theory as a regulating principle for A-movement, namely, long-distance A-movement involved in ECM (raising)-constructions in some languages. Based on this data, I claim that traces of A-movement are not subject to binding theory, and thus the binding theory should be reserved only for the referential dependencies of lexical anaphors

QR, Interface Economy and Pied-Piping in English

The possibility of pied-piping in English differs depending on the types of clauses where pied-piping takes place and this has made it difficult to come up with a unitary analysis of pied-piping. The goal of this paper is to provide a unified analysis of pied-piping in English without excluding any of them from the general pied-piping mechanism. Based on cross-linguistic data, I claim that pied-piping is the result of feature percolation and that feature percolation is possible only from certain structural positions. An interesting prediction of this analysis combined with an assumption that covert movement can precede overt movement (Chomsky, 1998, etc.) is that an XP can be pied-piped by a wh-element which is not in its initial position on the surface. I claim that this is what underlies pied-piping by non-phrase-initial wh-elements in English. In addition, I propose that the covert movement of the wh-phrase involved in certain cases of pied-piping by non-phrase-initial wh-phrases in English is QR and that various properties manifested by this kind of pied-piping can be explained in terms of the unique properties of QR distinct from those of other A'-movements. Specifically, I show how adopting the view of QR as an operation motivated by Interface Economy, as proposed by Reinhart (1995) and Fox (1995, 2000), can shed light on why pied-piping by non-phrase-initial wh-elements yields less-than-perfect results except in appositive relative clauses and why clausal pied-piping is restricted in English unlike in other languages like Basque

A Critical Survey of GB/Minimalist Research on Case and A-Chains in Korean

Korean possesses a rich and interesting Case system whose investigation sheds light on theoretical treatments of Case and related phenomena. For this reason, constructions involving Case-theoretic problems have been actively and frequently researched in Korean syntax. In this paper, we critically survey research on Case done in the tradition of Chomskyan syntactic theory, i.e., GB theory and the Minimalist Program

Double Relativitization of Different Grammatical Functions in Korean

Contrary to the claim that only the subject of a clause can undergo double relativization (DR) in Korean (Han 1992), in this paper, I show that it is possible for all GFs to undergo DR but that not all GFs can undergo DR equally easily. I then address the questions (i) what kind of factors determine the DR possibilities of different GFs and (ii) what their nature is and how they can be explained. I claim that one of the important factors determining them is the GFs of the head nouns of the relative clauses from which DR takes place, to be more precise, the GF relations between the higher and the lower head nouns of double relative constructions (DRCs), and that the reason why this is so can be explained in terms of processing. DRCs, in principle, are ambiguous and based on the observation that the interpretation preferences of DRCs are generally determined in the lower relative clauses, I approach the task of explaining the DR possibilities of different GFs by explaining the interpretation preferences of the lower relative clauses. My claims are that they can be explained in terms of ambiguity resolution and that the two major factors figuring importantly in this are (i) the argument vs. adjunct status of the gap and (ii) the distance between gap and filler

Avoid Contamination in Soybean (Glycine Max, L. [Merrill]) Microspores Culture

Microspore culture is done to obtain pure strains. The purpose of soybean microspore culture to obtainquality seeds. Two important step that must be done is isolation of microspores in starvation medium andsubculture into embryogenesis medium. Many factors contributing to the contamination of soybeanmicrospore culture. Contamination in the B medium temperature 34 0C is more common than 4 0C. Vulnerableto contamination because of embryogenesis medium rich in nutrients. Bacterial contaminationcan be caused by internal contaminants such as shape of the anther. Other internal contaminants thatcause diseases such as fungi Colletotrichum truncatum and Phakopsora pachyrhizi. Antagonistic fungiwhich contaminate cultures that Trichoderma spp., Alternaria spp., Fusarium spp. Handling of contaminationis done by selecting the appropriate methods in order to remain viable microspores. Sterilization soybeanflower buds with 20% Tween for 10 minutes and then rinsed with distilled water. Moreover sterilizationwith 4% Hg Cl2 and 10% NaOCl for 10 minutes, rinsed with distilled water times, followed by 96%alcohol for 1 minute, can press up to 70% contamination