Preposition Stranding under Sluicing: Evidence from Hijazi Arabic

Autor/inn/en	Alaowffi, Nouf; Alharbi, Bader
Titel	Preposition Stranding under Sluicing: Evidence from Hijazi Arabic
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17 (2021) 2, S.941-957 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Alaowffi, Nouf) ORCID (Alharbi, Bader)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Semitic Languages; Form Classes (Languages); Generalization; Linguistic Theory; Dialects; Syntax; Contrastive Linguistics; Portuguese; Language Variation; Indonesian; Language Universals; Foreign Countries; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Analytischer Sprachbau; Linguistische Theorie; Dialect; Dialekt; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Portugiesischunterricht; Sprachenvielfalt; Ausland; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Based on data from numerous languages, such as English, Frisian, and Danish, Merchant (2001) proposes the "preposition stranding generalization" (PSG), which states that only languages that allow preposition stranding under wh-movement also allow preposition stranding under sluicing. The availability of this generalization has been the subject of a number of studies. Two contrasting views have been identified in the literature. The first view confirms the availability of the PSG in a number of different languages. The other view claims that this generalization is untenable as there exist non-preposition stranding languages that allow preposition stranding under sluicing. Our aim in this paper is to examine the availability of the PSG in the dialect of Hijazi Arabic (HA). Based on empirical data from HA on the syntactic behavior of preposition stranding under wh-movement and under sluicing, we argue that this PSG does not hold in HA. It has been observed that HA is like Emirati Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, and Indonesian in that it disallows preposition stranding under wh-movement but allows it under sluicing. Therefore, the results of this research may contribute to the ongoing discussions on the phenomenon of sluicing in linguistic theory to help obtain a more universal analysis of this interesting ellipsis construction. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01