French wh in-situ : Where are we and where do we go from here?
Baunaz, Lena (Université Côte d'Azur (França))
Bocci, Giuliano (Università degli Studi di Siena)
Shlonsky, Ur (Université de Genève (Suïssa))

Data:	2024
Resum:	This paper investigates the acceptability of wh in-situ expressions in embedded contexts in French. We report on two experiments that tested the acceptability of wh in-situ and ex-situ in embedded clauses of biclausal direct wh-questions and in indirect questions, and how their acceptability is modulated by the presence of the negation in the embedded clause. In Experiment 1, the contexts favored a D-linked interpretation of the wh-element (in the sense of Pesetsky 1987), while the contexts in Experiment 2 disfavored it. Our results show that the in-situ strategy is generally more acceptable (or at least equally acceptable) than the ex-situ strategy in direct questions with long construal, regardless of D-linking and negation. By contrast, the in-situ strategy is significantly less acceptable than the ex-situ one in indirect questions, regardless of D-linking and negation. Our findings indicate that in long construal direct wh-questions, negation fails to selectively block wh in-situ. In this respect, French differs from many other languages (see e. g. , Beck & Kim 1997, a. o. ). We show that D-linking is not a necessary condition for in-situ in French. We discuss how our findings relate to the current debate between alternative formal analyses of wh in-situ in French.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	French ; Wh in-situ ; Intervention ; Experimental syntax ; D-linking
Publicat a:	Isogloss, Vol. 10 Núm. 7 (2024) , p. 1-25 (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v10-n7-baunaz-bocci-shlonsky
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/isogloss/article/view/v10-n7-baunaz-bocci-shlonsky
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.421

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