CASE CHECKING AND THE HSPM I: ON LEXICAL REACCESS

Abstract

According to the Linking-Based Checking Algorithm (LBCA) that we have introduced in the preceding chapter (repeated in Figure 7.1 on the next page), the firsttask of the HSPM after having linked a DP to an argument structure slot consists of checking whether the DP has the feature values required by its argument structure position or not. Should feature checking result in a mismatch, the next task of the HSPM will be to determine whether or not the CPPM can be locally repaired by replacing the incorrect feature(s) by the correct one(s) (possibly with some automatic readjustments of the CPPM). These two closely related tasks—feature checking and feature repair— comprise the second step of the LBCA.