Pseudoclefts

• Željko Bošković ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Connecticut

     University of Connecticut

     Town of Mansfield, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Studia linguistica: A journal of general linguistics, ISSN 0039-3193, Vol. 51, Nº 3, 1997, págs. 235-277
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1111/1467-9582.00022
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  • This paper focuses on the syntax of specificational pseudoclefts. To account for the fact that in spite of the apparent lack of c-command, elements in the wh-clause of specificational pseudoclefts are able to enter into connectivity relations that require c-command with the elements in the focus phrase, including the antecedent-trace relation in certain well-defined cases, I argue that the focused phrase moves in LF into the who-clause. The movement is shown to have broad theoretical consequences and to provide a uniform account of a number of othewise puzzling properties of pseudoclefts, including several differences between regular specificational, inverted specificational, and predicational pseudoclefts.