1 On tough-movement* Milan Rezac, University ... - Multimania.co.uk

TABLE 1: Properties of "On wh-movement constructions"
Diagnostic
TM
Degree
clauses
Parasitic
gaps
Infinitival
relatives
Tensed relatives
and questions
Sensitive to Ā-islands yes yes yes yes yes
Creates Ā-islands yes yes unknowable unknowable yes
Licenses PGs yes yes yes yes yes
Highest subject gap no no no yes yes
DO gap in DOC no no no yes * yes
S/O asymmetries yes yes yes yes no **
Montalbetti's OPC pronoun ? ? ? trace†
Adjunct gap no yes no yes yes
Tense sensitivity high high high mild low
Embedding sensitivity high high high mild low
Highest clause tense inf. inf. inf./fin. inf. fin.
Overt subject no no yes yes yes
Overt operator no no no pied-piped yes
Notes to Table 1:
*
Cf. ?Looking for a book to give a friend? vs. ?*This book is difficult to give a friend.
**
Yes if the gap is in an island.
† Montalbetti's OPC diagnoses as a trace the gap in tensed questions; for the more complex
situation of relative clause gaps, see Montalbetti (1984:138 note 18).
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