Functional categories and Modern Greek syntax

This paper supports a close connection between morphology and syntax. It examines the verbal functional categories of Modern Greek and shows that their choice, order and strength explain the differences among various constructions. The particle tha is analysed not as an exponent of mood but of the future within the indicative while the particle na marks the subjunctive. Mood is located at the left periphery of the verb group and only the imperative is expressed by an affix. We claim that only affixal categories (neither logical mood features in Comp nor the particles) motivate V-movement, where the V left-adjoins to the affix. This explains why the verb precedes the clitics only in the imperative while no further movement of the verb to Comp is necessary