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(38) a. Crec (*en Joan) que (en Joan) el veuré
I-think (the J.) that (the J.) him-will-I-see
'I think that Joan I'll see'
b. No sé (en Joan) quan (*en Joan) el veuré
Not know-I (the J.) when (the J.) him-will-I-see
'Joan, I don't know when I'll see (him)'
c. No sé (en Joan) si (en Joan) el veuré
Not know-I (the J.) if (the J.) him-will-I-see
'Joan, I don't know if I'll see (him)'
0.a) shows that dislocated elements and clause adjunct adverbs cannot precede the
complementizer que 'that', but only follow it. So they would be IP adjuncts. 0.b) shows that these
elements cannot follow a Wh-word (i.e., cannot intervene between the Wh-phrase and the verb),
which could suggest that there is V-INFL to COMP movement (as in English main
interrogatives), but the fact that now these elements can precede the Wh-phrase seems to suggest
that it is the Wh-phase which is lower (in some IP-specifier), not the V-INFL that raises. To
make thinks worse, 0.c) shows that 'if' interrogatives allow the adjunct to both precede or follow
the 'if' particle. In Chapter 5 we will provide some way of explanation for the facts.
paradigm:
What is to be noticed now is that infinitive interrogatives display a rather similar
(39) a. No sé (en Joan) quan (*en Joan) visitar-lo
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Not know-I (the J.) when (the J.) to-visit-him
'Joan, I don't know when to visit (him)'
b. No sé (en Joan) si (??en Joan) visitar-lo demà
Not know-I (the J.) if (the J.) to-visit-him tomorrow
'Joan, I don't know if to visit (him) tomorrow'