Abstract
In this article, we discuss HMC effects, notably the timing of verb movement and do-support in English, within the Minimalist framework. To derive HMC effects (and ultimately, RM) from a basic mechanism of Attract/Move, we introduce some autosegmental theoretic notions, such as feature organization, adjacency and tier scansion and combine them with Attract/Move. Analyzing do-support as an HMC effect, we argue that Neg(ative)0 has a feature which attracts V0's feature. We also discuss the historical change in the feature specification of English Neg0 and parametric differences in Neg0's feature. Finally, it is suggested that a more general condition replace Chomsky's (1995: Ch. 4) MLC.
