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'''Polar interrogative clauses''' | '''Polar interrogative clauses''' | ||
Did Lilly dance?<br> | <u>Did</u> Lilly dance?<br> | ||
Has Lilly been dancing? | <u>Has</u> Lilly been dancing? | ||
'''Topicalization clauses''' | '''Topicalization clauses''' | ||
Lilly Fido likes.<br> | <u>Lilly</u> Fido likes.<br> | ||
Lilly | <u>Lilly</u> I think that Fido was speaking to. | ||
''' | '''Non-subject Wh-interrogative main clauses''' | ||
<u>Who</u> does Fido like?<br> | |||
<u>Who</u> do you think that Fido was speaking to? | |||
'''Non-subject Wh-interrogative subordinate clauses''' | |||
I asked <u>who</u> Fido likes?<br> | |||
I asked <u>who</u> you think that Fido was speaking to? | |||
Even though the following clauses display no overt displacement, they are both interrogative clauses and should therefore be analyzed together with the interrogative clauses above. | |||
''' | '''Subject Wh-interrogative clauses''' | ||
Who likes Fido.<br> | |||
Who thinks that Fido was speaking to Lilly. | |||
'''Polar interrogative subordinate clauses''' | '''Polar interrogative subordinate clauses''' | ||
Revision as of 08:38, 6 June 2017
Long Distance Dependencies
So far, we have only looked at sentences with Subject-Verb-Complement(s) order. However, under certain circumstances English also permits sentences where some constituent that normally appears after the subject appears before it. Here are some examples, with the name of the construction:
Polar interrogative clauses
Did Lilly dance?
Has Lilly been dancing?
Topicalization clauses
Lilly Fido likes.
Lilly I think that Fido was speaking to.
Non-subject Wh-interrogative main clauses
Who does Fido like?
Who do you think that Fido was speaking to?
Non-subject Wh-interrogative subordinate clauses
I asked who Fido likes?
I asked who you think that Fido was speaking to?
Even though the following clauses display no overt displacement, they are both interrogative clauses and should therefore be analyzed together with the interrogative clauses above.
Subject Wh-interrogative clauses
Who likes Fido.
Who thinks that Fido was speaking to Lilly.
Polar interrogative subordinate clauses
I asked whether Fido likes Lilly
I asked whether you think that Fido was speaking to Lilly.