Resumptive pronouns in Tuki
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https://doi.org/10.32473/sal.v21i2.107433Keywords:
Tuki, topic, wh questions, syntax, resumptive pronoun, gaps, subjacency, parasitic gapsAbstract
This paper argues that in Tuki, gaps construed with WH- or topicalized phrases are null resumptive pronouns rather than WH-traces. Gaps alternate with overt resumptive pronouns. Structures with a gap parallel analogous structures with overt resumptive pronouns with regard to subjacency violations and violations of the Condition on Extraction Domains of Huang [1982], coordination tests, and weak crossover phenomena: gaps and overt pronominals fail to produce weak crossover violations, unlike structures with quantified NP's. Moreover, both the gaps and the overt resumptive pronouns license parasitic gaps, further strengthening the analogy.Downloads
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1990-08-15
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