Sluicing, Idioms, and Island repair

Isaac Rottman; Masaya Yoshida

doi:10.1162/ling_a_00142

Sluicing, Idioms, and Island repair

Isaac Rottman, Masaya Yoshida

Linguistics

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Abstract

In this article, we investigate idiom reconstruction in the context of sluicing constructions. We demonstrate that some idioms in English are not compatible with resumptive pronouns. On the basis of this observation, we argue that sluicing involves wh-gap dependencies rather than wh-resumptive pronoun dependencies, and that the island amelioration effect of sluicing does not result primarily from the island amelioration effect of resumptive pronouns.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	651-658
Number of pages	8
Journal	Linguistic Inquiry
Volume	44
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00142
State	Published - Oct 2013

Keywords

Idiom reconstruction
Island amelioration
Islands
Resumptive pronouns
Sluicing

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Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language

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