Abstract
AbstractThis article makes the novel observation that in German, CPs functioning as complements to nouns can appear to the left of their associated DP-internal gap position. It surveys the phenomenon and, based on a number of diagnostics, argues that the noun complement clause exhibits properties as if its surface position is movement-derived. Based on parallel observations in PP-extraction from DP, I show that the same constraints on movement applymoduloconstruction-specific properties of DPs with a noun complement clause. The findings buttress previous approaches to extraction from DPs that highlight differentiating and controlling lexical factors. Given the delicacy of the judgments involved in this phenomenon, the article is mostly devoted to laying out its descriptive properties. Tentative suggestions as to an analysis are offered in the end.
Highlights
The overall goal of this article is to contribute to a comprehensive picture of phenomena which give the impression of being instances of extraction from DPs in German
The logic of the argumentation will for the most part consist in showing that the extraction of a noun complement clause (NCC) from DPs strikingly parallels the better described – and yet elusive – cases of PP-extraction from DPs.2 (3) Über Windpocken hat Julia ein Buch gelesen. over chickenpox has Julia a book read ‘Julia read a book about chickenpox.’
(4) The Complex DP-constraint Elements dominated by a sequence which is dominated by a determiner phrase cannot be questioned or relativized
Summary
The overall goal of this article is to contribute to a comprehensive picture of phenomena which give the impression of being instances of extraction from DPs in German. It reports on a phenomenon where a subordinated clause appears discontinuously from a DP1 it is semantically associated with, as indicated by the gap e shown in (1). The phenomenon exhibits an obvious resemblance to sentences with a complex DP with a clausal complement She has the claim that he incompetent be ‘She made the claim that he is incompetent.’.
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