Transparency is not less structure: A look at Tagalog Restructuring

In this paper, I examine Verb Raising and Restructuring in Tagalog. I present evidence that shows that Tagalog Restructuring embedded clauses contain a CP, a TP, a vP and a PRO, contra Wurmbrand’s (1998a/b, 2001) Bare-VP analysis for German Restructuring. Following Roberts’ (1997) T°-raising approach, I claim that Verb Raising creates transparency across clauses, thus rendering the matrix clause accessible to movement of elements from within the embedded clause. I propose that Verb Raising fulfills the requirement that all verbs in Tagalog be associated with a finite T°.