English Resumptive Pronouns Are More Common Where Gaps Are Less Acceptable

Ā-dependencies occur when an argument appears clause-peripherally, dislocated from its canonical base position, as in relative clauses. The displaced argument is a filler, and the base position is typically a gap. A subset of languages that employ the filler-gap strategy also use resumption, a secon...

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Published in:Linguistic inquiry 2018-10, Vol.49 (4), p.861-876
Main Authors: Morgan, Adam Milton, Wagers, Matthew W.
Format: Article
Language:English
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English language
Pronouns
Syntactic movement
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Summary:Ā-dependencies occur when an argument appears clause-peripherally, dislocated from its canonical base position, as in relative clauses. The displaced argument is a filler, and the base position is typically a gap. A subset of languages that employ the filler-gap strategy also use resumption, a second strategy to realize Ā-dependencies. Here, the base position is "filled" by an ordinary-looking resumptive pronoun.
ISSN:0024-3892
1530-9150
DOI:10.1162/ling_a_00293