Wh-extraction in English Ditransitives: an Event Structure Approach
- Authors
- 이주은
- Issue Date
- Feb-2016
- Publisher
- 한국현대언어학회
- Keywords
- ditransitives; wh-extraction; applicatives; phase-based locality; Single Event Condition
- Citation
- 언어연구, v.31, no.4, pp.955 - 978
- Journal Title
- 언어연구
- Volume
- 31
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 955
- End Page
- 978
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/7876
- DOI
- 10.18627/jslg.31.4.201602.955
- ISSN
- 1225-4770
- Abstract
- This paper investigates wh-extraction contrast observed between English canonical double object construction (DOC) ditransitives and Personal Dative (PD) ditransitives. Wh-DO extraction is possible out of canonical DOC ditransitives but not out of PD ditransitives. I show that syntactic locality alone cannot explain the contrast, and propose an event structure approach on the basis of Truswell’s (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) idea of Single Event Condition. Wh-extraction of DO is legitimate in canonical DOC ditransitives as they satisfy the Single Event Condition, whereas it is illegitimate in PD ditransitives as they have bi-eventive meaning. Wh-dependency formation cannot be described in syntactic terms only; it is also partially subject to semantic well-formedness condition that relates to event structures.
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