In:Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXXII: Papers selected from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Tempe, Arizona, 2018
Edited by Elly van Gelderen
[Studies in Arabic Linguistics 9] 2020
► pp. 135–152
Sluicing and sprouting in Jordanian Arabic
Published online: 28 August 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/sal.9.06buk
https://doi.org/10.1075/sal.9.06buk
Abstract
This paper investigates elliptical constructions sluicing and
sprouting in Jordanian Arabic (JA), and describes the structure of the sluice
clause, which depends on the type of wh-expressions on the one hand, and whether the
preposition at the sluice is pied-piped on the other hand. The central research
question is how such constructions are derived: via ordinary sluicing or via
pseudosluicing. Cases where a preposition is pied-piped with the
wh-word in the remnant require an ordinary sluicing analysis;
pied-piped PPs are not otherwise found in wh-clefts in JA. However,
in cases where a preposition is not pied-piped, the only possible underlying
derivation is pseudosluicing, with a wh-cleft structure. I also
discuss sprouting, in which the wh-word has no corresponding overt
correlate in the antecedent clause.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Wh-questions in JA
- 3.Sluicing in JA
- 4.Sprouting
- 5.Conclusion
Notes References
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