rarum 82: parasitic gaps (rather than an overt resumptive pronouns), licensed in main clauses if and only if a coreferential NP in a topicalized, fronted subordinate clause has been moved ahead of the clause-initial complementizer
Where found
Bavarian, West Flemish (Germanic, IE), Polish (Slavonic, IE) (?), Latin (Italic, IE) (?)
Domain
syntax
Subdomain
pronominalization, zero
Keywords
parasitic gap
Type
rarum
Universals violated
not yet in UA
Source
Bayer, Josef (1983). COMP in Bavarian syntax. Linguistic Review 3. Haegeman, Liliane (1992). Generative Syntax: Theory and Description. A Case Study from West Flemish. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
e.g., Bavarian: an Sepp wenn i ø dawisch daschlog i ø [the Seppi if I get ø I slay ø]; wenn i an Sepp dawisch daschlog i eam/*ø [if I get the Seppi I slay himi/*øi] ‘if I get Sepp I’ll slay him’
e.g., Bavarian:
an Sepp wenn i ø dawisch daschlog i ø [the Seppi if I get ø I slay ø];
wenn i an Sepp dawisch daschlog i eam/*ø [if I get the Seppi I slay himi/*øi]
‘if I get Sepp I’ll slay him’