The syntax of Dutch embedded fragment answers: on the PF-theory of islands and the WH/sluicing correlation

Temmerman, Tanja
(2013) Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory — Vol. 31, n° 1, p. 235-285 (2013)

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This paper presents new evidence in favour of Merchant’s (2004, 2008) PF-theory of islands, which states that island-sensitivity is due to the presence of PF- uninterpretable traces at PF. This new evidence is provided by two types of Dutch embedded fragment answers: whereas one type is island-sensitive, the other one is not. The former differs from the latter in that it involves an extra movement step, leaving an extra trace. Moreover, this paper argues that the WH/sluicing correlation (van Craenenbroeck and Lipták 2006, 2009) makes the correct predictions regarding the (non-)embeddability of fragment answers in Dutch and English. The WH/sluicing correlation states that there is a correlation between the type of WH-movement a language exhibits and the types of clausal ellipsis attested in that language. I show that it follows straightforwardly that, unlike in Dutch, embedded fragment answers are not attested in English.
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Temmerman, T. (2013). The syntax of Dutch embedded fragment answers: on the PF-theory of islands and the WH/sluicing correlation. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 31(1), 235-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11049-012-9180-6 (Original work published 2013)