Single and Multiple Sluicing in Persian
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| Title | Single and Multiple Sluicing in Persian |
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| Abstract | This article discusses the syntax and LF properties of the phenomenon of sluicing as ellipsis of the sentential complement to an interrogative complementizer hosting a wh-phrase in Persian. The main purpose of this paper is to explore sluicing in Persian as a real wh-in-situe language that displays optional wh-movement, with a special focus on multiple sluicing. Built on focus movement analysis rather than wh-movement, we examined the movement-plus-deletion approach and the role of focus fronting in moving the remnant out of the deleted constituent in Persian sluicing to a position where it can be stranded. Finally, we also looked into possibility of non-interrogative sluicing and non-d-linked wh words and briefly put forward our proposition about wh the hell phrases in Persian. |
| Publisher | ACADEMY PUBLISHER |
| Date | 2012-04-01 |
| Source | Theory and Practice in Language Studies Vol 2, No 4 (2012) |
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