In:Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2017: Selected papers from 'Going Romance' 31, Bucharest
Edited by Alexandru Nicolae and Adina Dragomirescu
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 355] 2021
► pp. 263–276
On wh-extraction in de+que constructions in Spanish
Published online: 1 December 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.355.13mar
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.355.13mar
Abstract
This chapter discusses wh-extraction in Spanish clauses involving a V+de+CP sequence. The previous literature observes that objects, not adjuncts, may be extracted from a de+CP clause. I make three novel observations: (i) subjects pattern with adjuncts in that they cannot be extracted from de+CP, (ii) there is a ‘distance’ effect in that subject extraction improves with one more level of embedding, and (iii) there is also a ‘distance’ effect regarding adjunct extraction with one more level of embedding. (i)–(iii) are surprising, since subjects otherwise do not pattern with adjuncts regarding extraction in Spanish, and adjunct extraction out of islands is otherwise unacceptable. I provide a phasal account where Phase Collapsing and successive cyclic movement are crucial.
Keywords:
wh-extraction, islands, phases, incorporation, Spanish
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Proposal
- 2.1Phase-over-phase configurations and phase collapsing
- 2.2Successive cyclic movement
- 2.3Deriving the asymmetries in wh-extraction patterns in V+de+CP
- 3.Conclusion
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