Reconstruction (A)symmetry between Parasitic Gap and Across-the-Board Constructions

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: 조성은(Sungeun Cho)
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제41호, 73~88쪽, 전체 16쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.09.01

영문 초록

Ross (1967) and Williams (1989/1990) propose that both gaps in parasitic gap (PG) and across-the-board (ATB) constructions are bound by the same antecedent. Recently, Hornstein and Nunes (2002) propose that these two constructions are derived through the same operation, sideward movement. Under the shared antecedent analyses, reconstruction asymmetry between PG and ATB constructions is problematic. In this paper, I propose that this difference results from the parallelism requirement in the ATB constructions. Due to the requirement, at LF, the restriction part of moved wh-phrases must remain in both conjuncts in ATB constructions. By contrast, in the PG construction, the restriction part doesn t have to remain in both the RG and PG position. Assuming theta-features are LF active features, I suggest that the restriction part remains in the real gap position at LF. For this reason, reconstruction of the overt wh-phrase seems to be possible only into the position of the real gap, and not to the position of the parasitic gap.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Sideward Movement in the PG and ATB Construction

3. Reconstruction Effects

4. Resolving (A)symmetries in Reconstruction Effects

5. Conclusion

키워드

sideward movement parallelism requirement LF active features