AMSA-143-0900
Author: Heidi Harley & Rolf Noyer
Title: Mixed nominalizations, object shift and short verb movement in English
Citation: in Proceedings of NELS 28, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst:GLSA (1998)

This paper argues that particle shift in English is produced by
overt movement of the object to a vP-internal case-marking position, AgrO.
The argument rests crucially on comparing the behavior of the objects of
particle verbs in true nominalization constructions in -ing with those same
objects in gerundive constructions with -ing; in the former, the AgrO superstructure
is lacking, resulting in the failure of particle shift, while the latter
includes the AgrO projection and hence permits particle shift.