This is an offprint from: Istvan Kenesei (ed.) Crossing Boundaries Advances in the theory of Central and Eastern European languages John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia 1999 (Published as Vol. 182 of the series CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY, ISSN 0304-0763) ISBN 90 272 3688 7 (Hb; Eur.) I I 55619 959 7 (Hb; US) © 1999- John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. I I I HUNGARIAN COMPLEX VERBS AND XP-MOVEMENT HILDA KOOPMAN AND ANNA SZABOLCSI Linguistics, UCLA -Department of Linguistics, New York University 1 Introduction At frrst blush, the data we are concerned with represent three quite different constructions: Foe/Neg sentences, 'English' order (1) Nem fogom akarni kezdeni szetszedni a rtidi6t. not will-1sawant-INF begin-INF apart-take-INF the radio-Ace "I will not want to begin to take apart the radio." Foe/Neg sentences, 'inverted' order (same meanings as in (I)) (2) Nem fogom akarni szetszedni kezdeni a rlidi6t. not will-1sGwant-INF apart-take-INF begin-INF the radio-Ace (3) Nem fogom szetszedni kezdeni akarni a rtidi6t. not will-1SGapart-take-INF begin-INF want-INF the radio-Ace Neutral sentences, English order, particle 'climbing' (4) Szet fogom akarni kezdeni szedni a rlidi6t. apart will-1sawant-INF begin-INF take-INF the radio-Ace "I will want to begin to take apart the radio." We propose a highly uniform and mechanical analysis for the three con- structions. The main characteristics are as follows: