Abstract:
The extensive amount of empirical studies and consequent theorizing
associated with the complementizer show the prominence attached to
this functional category over the last few decades. Its evolution from an
underdetermined status to a 'core functional category' is evident in its
syntactic anchoring as a Phase in the current Minimalist approaches.
Concurrently with these developments, there have been Cartographic
approaches that have attempted to project the complementizer in a
different perspective. However, both these approaches, the Minimalist
and the Cartographic, have maintained their distinctiveness thus
showing less potential for convergence. In this paper I attempt to
incorporate Rizzi's (1997) Left Periphery analysis into the Generative
framework with evidence from complementizer distribution in Sinhala.
