Does scrambling in Japanese obey the Coordinate Structure Constraint?

In this paper, I demonstrate

1. that the initial conjunct of a coordinate structure can be scrambled out of that coordinate structure,
2. that a non-initial conjunct of a coordinate structure cannot be scrambled out of that coordinate structure, and
3. that a part of a conjunct cannot be scrambled out of that conjunct.

These three observations do not make sense in the standard, movement-based theory of scrambling (Harada (1977); Saito (1985)). On the other hand, they receive a natural explanation in the linearization-based theory of long-distance scrambling, proposed in Yatabe (1996).

(S. Yatabe, "Does scrambling in Japanese obey the Coordinate Structure Constraint?", in Nihon Gengogakkai Dai-126-kai Taikai Yokôshû (Proceedings of the 126th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan), Linguistic Society of Japan, Kyoto, 2003, pp. 262-267.)

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