Fonologische deletie in ja-neevraagfragmenten

Samenvatting

A yes/no question fragment (YNQF) is an incomplete sentence that isnonetheless interpreted as a full yes/no question. I argue that those YNQF'sare derived from an underlying syntactic structure through a process of deletion.First, I shall adduce evidence for the claim that ellipsis is involved bylooking at connectivity effects (Merchant 2004), such as case-matching, bindingand control. Next, I will consider the nature of the process of deletion inthese fragments. I claim that the deletion in question is phonological innature. Evidence comes from cases of nonconstituent deletion and contrastsbetween Dutch and English YNQFs.