Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
vP en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/ˈlɪtl̩ ˈvi ˈpi/
Meanings
A phrase headed by little v.
As discussed in Deal 2013, a single vP may contain only one accusative-marked DP, and it is always the second-highest DP that is marked in this way. 2019, Amy Rose Deal, “Raising to Ergative: Remarks on Applicatives of Unaccusatives”, in Linguistic Inquiry, volume 50, number 2, →DOI, page 393:
Wherever an object fails to undergo EPP-driven raising into the v'''P-domain, it remains VP-internal. In the context of the phase-based Probe/Goal/Agree system of Chomsky (2000 onwards) and, in particular, (the strict version of) the Phase Impenetrability Condition (PIC), material located in the VP-domain is subject to Spellout upon completion of the v'''P phase. 2009, Theresa Biberauer, Ian Roberts, “The return of the Subset Principle”, in Paola Crisma, Giuseppe Longobardi, editors, Historical Syntax and Linguistic Theory, page 68: