Rightward DP Movement and Parasitic Gaps
Dr. Kang, Namkil, PhD

Abstract
The ultimate goal of this article is to verify the fact that the so-called adjunct gap structures are derived not by parasitic gap structures but by coordinate gap structures. A point to note about the phenomenon of parasitic gaps is that the outer spec/inner adjunct configuration forces the appearance of parasitic gaps. A further point to note is that an intermediate trace needs to be above an adjunct in order to license a parasitic gap. Furthermore, it is significant to note that Overfelt’s (2016) arguments that adjunct gap structures are not derived via coordinate gap structures serve as counterexamples to Postal’s (1994) hypothesis that adjunct gap structures are derived not by parasitic gap structures but by coordinate gap structures. In this article, we review the two analyses and demonstrate that adjunct gap structures and parasitic gap structures cannot be derived via the same mechanism and that in all three cases, adjunct gap structures in Korean have the same properties as coordinate gap structures in Korean, which jibes not with Overfelt (2016) but with Postal (1994).

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