What triggers auxiliary raising?, The presence of a lexical verb in VP, Negation inside NEGP, Movement from C to T, The head-strength parameter, What is an example of the “last vestige” of V-to-T movement in present-day English?, Copular be, Modal auxiliaries like must, Lexical verbs like eat, Main verbs moving directly to C, Why can the copular verb “be” raise to T?, Because it is a lexical verb, Because it is a light/non-lexical verb, Because it is always modal, Because it originates in C, Which auxiliaries can undergo auxiliary raising?, Only modal auxiliaries, Only lexical verbs, Aspectual auxiliaries, All auxiliaries, In the sentence “He has not done it,” where does “has” originate?, CP, VP, AUXP, TP, In the sentence “He has not done it,” where does “done” originate?, CP, AUXP, TP, VP, In the sentence “He has not done it,” how does "has" acquire tense?, by means of affix hopping, by means of auxiliary raising, by originating in T, by originating in VP, In the sentence “He may not have done it,” how does "may" acquire tense?, by means of affix hopping, by means of auxiliary raising, by originating in T, by originating in VP, What is Do-support?, The deletion of a stranded tense affix, Movement of a lexical verb from V to T, The null spellout of a stranded T affix, Movement of an auxiliary from T to C, Why does Do-support occur?, Because lexical verbs can always move to T, Because the tense affix is stranded without a verbal host, Because negation deletes the main verb, Because modal auxiliaries require support verbs, Why is Do-Support necessary for the grammaticality of negative sentences?, Because negation deletes tense affixes, Because the tense affix cannot attach to not, since it is null and non-verbal, Because the Head Movement Constraint blocks V-to-T movement in present-day English, Because lexical verbs must always move to C.

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