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Contrasting extraction types1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Paul M. Postal
Paul M. Postal
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Department of Linguistics, New York University
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This paper grounds a novel typology yielding three major types of English (L(eft)-extraction, defined by their relation to resumptive pronouns (RPs): (1) B-extractions, which require RPs in their extraction sites, (2) A1-extractions, which allow RPs in their extraction sites, and (3) A2-extractions, which forbid RPs in their extraction sites. Type B is represented by topicalization; type A1 by most instances of question extraction. The A/B distinction is supported by correlations with restrictions on definite pronouns. A2-extractions, e.g. free relative extraction, are insensitive to such and unlike A1/B-extractions are incompatible with what I call selective islands, which is explained.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 159 - 186
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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