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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>In generative syntax, '''checking theory''' is a notion in the [[Minimalist Program]]. <br />
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===Example===<br />
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''[<sub>TP</sub> John <sub>T</sub> [<sub>vP</sub> t<sub>John</sub> likes Mary]''<br />
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In the example, movement of ''John'' to spec,T deletes the uninterpretable phi-features of ''likes''; the phi-features of ''likes'' are checked by ''John''.<br />
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===Comments===<br />
Checking theory attempts to link two apparent 'imperfections' of human language: the existence of LF-uninterpretable features in lexical items, and [[movement]]. Movement of an element A with feature F to the [[checking domain]] of an element B with a matching ([[uninterpretable]]) feature F', deletes the uninterpretable feature F' in B. If F in A is uninterpretable, F is also deleted.<br />
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[[Chomsky]] (1995) argues that under checking theory, the existence of movement can be understood as the way in which the computational system tries to satisfy the interface requirement of [[full interpretation]]: movement is needed to get rid of uninterpretable features. <br />
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Chomsky (1998, 1999) takes a different view on the relation between feature checking and movement; there, movement is supposed to exist independently, for functional reasons, and [[feature checking]] is considered to be one of the mechanisms that can implement movement.<br />
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===Link===<br />
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Checking+theory&lemmacode=1559 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br />
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===References===<br />
*{{: Chomsky 1995}}<br />
*{{: Chomsky 1998}}<br />
*{{: Chomsky 1999}}<br />
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