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Presentation Topic 9<br />

Wanna-contraction in English<br />

(You have <strong>to</strong> have read the textbook up until Chapter 11 <strong>to</strong> complete this<br />

task.)<br />

Read the grey box on p. 324 (ev: 322) and explain in detail<br />

why wanna-contractions can be taken <strong>to</strong> constitute an<br />

argument for the movement hypothesis and the existence of<br />

traces. Take also in<strong>to</strong> account the lecture notes of William<br />

Snyder and Susi Wurmbrand.<br />

Then read the notes of Grant Goodall and the paper of<br />

Geffrey Pullum and present the counterarguments for taking<br />

wanna-constructions as evidence for movement approaches.<br />

27.05.2008 Some slides are adapted from material of A. Carnie 60

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