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Linglib.Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010

The five types of English filler-gap clause.

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      What kind of distinguished wh-element appears in the filler daughter. (§2.1, parameter 6a)

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          Constraints on head daughter inversion (§2.1, parameter 6d / example 28).

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              Whether head daughter can be infinitival (§2.1, parameter 6d / example 29).

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                  Semantic type of the clause (§2.1, example 30; follows @cite{ginzburg-sag-2000}).

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                      Whether the clause must/can be independent (§2.1, parameter 6g / example 31).

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                          The 7 parameters of variation across F-G clause types (§2.1, example 6).

                          Each parameter corresponds to a feature already formalized elsewhere in linglib; the bridge theorems below verify consistency.

                          • fillerWhType : FillerWhType

                            (6a) What wh-element in the filler?

                          • headInversion : InversionRequirement

                            (6d) Must/can head be inverted?

                          • headFiniteness : Finiteness

                            (6d) Can head be infinitival?

                          • semanticType : FGSemanticType

                            (6e) Semantic type of the clause

                          • isIsland : Bool

                            (6f) Is this an extraction island?

                          • independence : Independence

                            (6g) Must this be independent?

                          • fillerIsNonverbal : Bool

                            (6b) Allowed filler categories (NP, PP, AP, AdvP, etc.)

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                                  Wh-interrogative parameters (§5.3, constructions 80–81). "Who did they visit?" — interrogative wh, inverted in matrix, question semantics.

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                                    Wh-exclamative parameters (§5.2, construction 70). "What a fool he is!" — exclamative wh, uninverted, fact semantics.

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                                      Topicalization parameters (§5.1, construction 61). "The bagels, I like." — no wh, uninverted, austinean semantics.

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                                        Wh-relative parameters (§5.4, constructions 90–92). "the person who they nominated" — relative wh, uninverted, modifier semantics.

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                                          The-clause parameters (§5.5, construction 108). "The more you read, the more you understand." — degree marker the, optional inversion, austinean semantics.

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                                            Semantic type distinctions (§2.1, example 30) #

                                            Each clause type has a distinct semantic type — this is one of Sag's key arguments that F-G constructions are not uniform.

                                            Inversion parameter (§2.1, example 28) #

                                            Only wh-interrogatives require inversion; topicalization/relatives/exclamatives prohibit it; the-clauses allow it optionally.

                                            Island status #

                                            Topicalization and wh-exclamatives are extraction islands (§5.1 ex. 67, §5.2 ex. 73–74). Wh-interrogatives, relatives, and the-clauses are not.

                                            Independence constraints (§2.1 / example 31) #

                                            Topicalization requires independence; relatives require embedding.

                                            All fillers are nonverb@cite{hofmeister-sag-2010} §2.1 / example 25: filler daughter is always nonverbal across #

                                            all five F-G clause types. This is a constraint on the superordinate filler-head construction (58), not construction-specific.

                                            Connection to ConstraintType in Islands/Data #

                                            @cite{hofmeister-sag-2010} @cite{sag-2010} argues that island constraints are construction-specific GAP restrictions, not universal Subjacency. The topicalization construction has [GAP ⟨⟩] on its mother, making it an absolute extraction island. This matches the ConstraintType classification from Islands/Data.

                                            The island constructions in @cite{hofmeister-sag-2010} correspond to specific constraint types in the island classification system. The CNPC (complexNP) is the island tested in @cite{hofmeister-sag-2010}; Sag's topicalization and exclamative islands are additional construction-specific cases.

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                                              Connection to ClauseType in Core/Basic #

                                              Sag's semantic types map to the existing ClauseType for the clause types that have direct correspondences.

                                              Functions of wh-words across construction types.

                                              Each wh-word is classified by which F-G clause types it participates. '+' = full participant, '%' = for some speakers, '-' = excluded.

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                                                        No wh-word participates in all three construction types uniformly. This supports Sag's claim that 'wh-expression' is not a unitary category.

                                                        'how' participates in both interrogatives and exclamatives — one of the few wh-words that crosses this boundary (examples 18–20).