LINGUIST List 17.2298
Thu Aug 10 2006
Qs: Crossover;A Minimalist Account to WH-Questions in Moroccan Arbic
Editor for this issue: Kevin Burrows
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1. Ikuo
Miura,
Crossover
2. Souad
Slaoui,
A Minimalist Account to WH-Questions in Moroccan Arbic
Message 1: Crossover
Date: 05-Aug-2006
From: Ikuo Miura <miu_ikuyahoo.co.jp>
Subject: Crossover
Dear linguists,
I am a high school teacher in Japan, but I have been interested inlinguistics, especially syntax and semantics, for more than 15 years. I amnow trying to write a paper on so-called crossover phenomena like (1),which are generally judged as unacceptable. And I am interested in thegrammaticality of Haik's (1984) example in (2).
(1) *His mother loves everyone. (his = everyone)(2) Everyone told her mother that his wife should get a job. (her = his wife) (his = everyone).
The sentence (2) is said to be grammatifcal even though the pronoun ''her''is not c-commanded by the phrase it depends on (''his wife'').
I want to know how good the sentence (2) is, and if it is acceptable, Iwonder whether the sentence (3) is acceptable or not, which contans ''hermother'' and ''his wife'' in the same minimal clause.
(3) Everyone said that her mother loves his wife. (her mother = his wife) (his = everyone)
I would like you to reply to me personally. Thanks in advance.
Linguistic Field(s):
Semantics
Syntax
Message 2: A Minimalist Account to WH-Questions in Moroccan Arbic
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Date: 03-Aug-2006
From: Souad Slaoui <slaouisouadyahoo.fr>
Subject: A Minimalist Account to WH-Questions in Moroccan Arbic
I m preparing my Ph.D dissertation on Wh-constructions in Moroccan Arbic ,viz. Wh-questions and relatives . My investigation is carried out withinChomsky's (1995: Ch 4)Minimalist framework. The Hypothesis I amdefending is that all Feature checking processes in these two constructionsare performed pre-Spell out . I 'm asking if anyone can help me with somerelevant information in this direction.
Thank you for your cooperation
Linguistic Field(s):
Syntax
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