Wh-In Situ Licensing in Questions and Sluicing
Jun Abe(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 20. July 2022
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-90-272-1140-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses the question of how in-situ wh-phrases are licensed from a minimalist perspective in which the basic assumptions about narrow syntax need to be reduced to the bare minimum. I propose that in-situ wh-phrases are licensed by way of either minimal Search or covert internal Merge: while in-situ wh-adjuncts are uniformly licensed by covert internal Merge, in-situ wh-arguments have a choice between the two options, depending on whether the licensing C head is overtly manifested. I also discuss sluicing, an ellipsis construction with a remnant wh-phrase, and address the question of how the remnant wh-phrase is licensed. I support the in-situ approach to sluicing, advocated in my previous book The In-Situ Approach to Sluicing (John Benjamins), according to which the remnant wh-phrase stays in situ. I argue against the more standard analysis, endorsing the main claim of this previous book that island repair by ellipsis is a myth.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-1140-8 (9789027211408)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Abe Jun Abe
Wh-In Situ Licensing in Questions and Sluicing
E-Book
07/2022
1st Edition
John Benjamins Publishing Company
€109.99
Available for download