ABSTRACT
As we have seen, problems relating to projections, like uniqueness and structure preservation, disappear in the more restricted framework of mirror theory, which dispenses with categorial projection completely. As discussed in Brody 2000, this theory furthermore enforces the antisymmetric effects of the LCA by not providing elements and relations with which a non-antisymmetric structure could be built. The theory thus directly inherits certain problems that Kayne’s antisymmetry hypothesis faces. In what follows I would like to look at one particular area, that appears to have caused difficulties for the antisymmetry approach, – namely the position of English sentence final adverbial clauses (cf. Williams 1994, Brody 1994, Manzini 1995, Hornstein 1995). I shall go through a number of arguments that all seem to suggest that contrary to what might be expected from mechanically applying the antisymmetry hypothesis, these adjuncts must be higher than preceeding VP-internal elements. I will argue that earlier suggestions and partial solutions to these problems are not fully adequate. I will provide further evidence that the particular member of this family of analyses that mirror theoretical considerations lead to is in fact the correct solution.
