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Ungrammatical Double-Island Sluicing as a Diagnostic of Left-Branch Positioning
- Cantor, Sara
- Advisor(s): Hankamer, Jorge
Abstract
Sluicing, as described by Ross (1969), Chung, Ladusaw, and McCloskey (1995), and Merchant (2001), ameliorates island violations. In this paper, I identify constructions in which sluicing does not ameliorate island violations. I conclude that islands inside of left branches will not be ameliorated by sluicing. I then use this generalization to develop a diagnostic for left branch positioning and apply this diagnostic to various controversial structures.
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