Eintrag

Titel

The complement of reduced parentheticals

Personen

Christian Fortmann

Jahr

2007

Typ

Aufsatz

Verlag

John Benjamins Publishing Co.

Ort

Amsterdam, Philadelphia

Seiten

89 - 119

In

Parentheticals

Schlagwörter

Parenthese
Syntax

Abstract

This contribution is concerned with a quite frequent type of parenthetical construction in German like "Theo kam ¿ sagt Paul ¿ mit seinem Hund" ("Theo brought ¿ says Paul ¿ his dog"). The propositional argument of the parenthetical verb is not saturated within the boundaries of the parenthetical string. However, its interpretative content is provided by the host clause. I argue that the missing argument is nevertheless present in the syntactic representation. Two possible modes of representation, namely by an implicit argument or by a trace/copy of the host, are rejected in favour of a representation by an empty pronominal which is anaphorically linked to the host. Based on this account, I further discuss apparent restrictions on the lexical choice of the parenthetical verb and its co-constituents.

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