The five types of English filler-gap clause.
- whInterrogative : FGClauseType
- whExclamative : FGClauseType
- topicalized : FGClauseType
- whRelative : FGClauseType
- theClause : FGClauseType
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What kind of distinguished wh-element appears in the filler daughter. (§2.1, parameter 6a)
- none : FillerWhType
- interrogative : FillerWhType
- exclamative : FillerWhType
- relative : FillerWhType
- the : FillerWhType
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Constraints on head daughter inversion (§2.1, parameter 6d / example 28).
- required : InversionRequirement
- prohibited : InversionRequirement
- optional : InversionRequirement
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Whether head daughter can be infinitival (§2.1, parameter 6d / example 29).
- finiteOnly : Finiteness
- infinitivalPossible : Finiteness
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Semantic type of the clause (§2.1, example 30; follows @cite{ginzburg-sag-2000}).
- question : FGSemanticType
- fact : FGSemanticType
- austinean : FGSemanticType
- modifier : FGSemanticType
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Whether the clause must/can be independent (§2.1, parameter 6g / example 31).
- required : Independence
- prohibited : Independence
- either : Independence
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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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- Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.instBEqFGParameters.beq x✝¹ x✝ = false
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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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Map each F-G clause type to its parameters.
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- Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.fgParams Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.FGClauseType.whInterrogative = Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.whInterrogativeParams
- Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.fgParams Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.FGClauseType.whExclamative = Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.whExclamativeParams
- Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.fgParams Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.FGClauseType.topicalized = Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.topicalizedParams
- Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.fgParams Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.FGClauseType.whRelative = Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.whRelativeParams
- Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.fgParams Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.FGClauseType.theClause = Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.theClauseParams
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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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Exactly topicalization and wh-exclamatives are F-G island constructions.
Connection to ClauseType in Core/Basic #
Sag's semantic types map to the existing ClauseType for the clause types
that have direct correspondences.
Wh-interrogatives correspond to matrixQuestion or embeddedQuestion depending on independence.
Topicalization corresponds to declarative clauses (austinean semantics, independent, uninverted).
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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- Phenomena.FillerGap.Studies.Sag2010.instBEqWhWordProfile.beq x✝¹ x✝ = false
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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).