The asymmetry of short and long wh-extraction in German

  • Grewendorf G
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Abstract

En cas d’extraction à courte distance, le mouvement-wh ne déclenche, en allemand, ni effet de croisement faible ni effet de supériorité. Cette situation change lorsque le mouvement-wh se fait à longue distance: des effets de croisement aussi bien que de supériorité sont alors observés. Cet article propose une analyse minimaliste des constructions-wh en allemand qui a pour but d’expliquer ces propriétés. En examinant différentes constructions qui mettent en jeu la périphérie gauche, et en utilisant des traits multiples associés aux éléments-wh, nous montrons que le mouvement court et le mouvement long visent des positions différentes dans la périphérie gauche.When subject to short extraction, wh-movement in German neither triggers a Weak Crossover effect nor does it show any Superiority effect. This situation changes if wh-movement undergoes long extraction. In this case, Weak Crossover effects as well as Superiority effects can be observed. This paper proposes a minimalist analysis of German wh-constructions which is designed to explain these properties. By exploring various constructions which involve the left periphery of the clause and making use of multiple features associated with wh-elements, it is shown that short extraction and long extraction target different positions in the left periphery.

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Grewendorf, G. (2013). The asymmetry of short and long wh-extraction in German. Recherches Linguistiques de Vincennes, 33, 35–54. https://doi.org/10.4000/rlv.1253

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