...This chapter presents the core arguments of SURVIVE and the Remerge derivational theory of syntax. Using multiple-wh constructions and superraising constructions, it shows that the displacement property of human language follows from the SURVIVE Principle, a principle whereby a head H is forced...

...This chapter examines how the analysis of resumptive pronouns affects syntactic theory, with an emphasis on superiority, reconstruction, and islands in Lebanese Arabic multiple-wh constructions in relation to the minimalist program. It argues that the quantified noun phrase subject...