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Pied-piping domains and adjunction coincide in Finnish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2012

Pauli Brattico
Pauli Brattico*
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, PL35, 40014University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Pauli.Brattico@Helsinki.fi
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Abstract

It is well-known that wh-pronouns may pied-pipe their containing host phrases as they move to their final scope positions. In Finnish, such pied-piping requires further that a wh-element is situated at the left edge of host phrases, a position in which it ends up either through base generation or through wh-movement. This article investigates which independent properties define such pied-piping domains. An empirical generalization will be defended according to which a phrase constitutes such pied-piping domain if and only if it is adjoinable. The hypothesis that pied-piping domains are islands is put into question. Secondary wh-movement, pied-piping and adjunction are thus intrinsically linked with each other.

Keywords

adjoinabilityadjunctionFinnishislandspied-pipingsecondary wh-movementwh-movement
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Research Article
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , May 2012 , pp. 71 - 89
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Copyright © Nordic Association of Linguistics 2012

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