분야
pptxPied-piping and Convergence ( p. 163 )
Pied-piping in prepositional and possessive structures ( p. 166 )
BUT!
(23) Has two wh-words: what and who
Who is closer to C than what. So, it should be who, which must be preposed.
Suppose : C attracts the closest wh-word which it c-commands.
By the Attract Closest Principle:
A head attracts the closest constituent of the relevant kind.
So, who is closer to the main-clause C than what, C attracting who to move into spec-CP, regarding to ACP.
Pied-piping in prepositional structures
(32) (a) They asked [who he was referring to]
(b) They asked [to whom he was referring]
(a) informal style : leaving the preposition to
stranded or orphaned at the end
(b) formal style : the preposition to is pied-
piped along with the wh-pronoun whom
