Islands and chains resumption as stranding - Boeckx, Cedric (J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2003)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) and indexes
Islands and Chains; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication page; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of resumption; 3. On the nature of extraction; 4. Further aspects of resumption; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; Name index; Language index; Subject index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
The present work provides a detailed analysis of chain formation and locality conditions imposed on it within the Minimalist Program. It does so by analyzing resumptive strategies in great detail. This study claims that resumptive pronouns and their antecedents are first merged as constituents, and are separated via movement (thus forming instances of discontinuous constituents). Resumptive chains are thus akin to the well-known stranding analysis of quantifier float. A taxonomy of islands is developed that crucially ties barriers for movement to agreement possibilities. The stranding of a res