Preposition Stranding, Complementizers, and Phase Extension

Preposition Stranding, Complementizers, and Phase Extension

  This paper tries to explain why preposition stranding is allowed in some languages like English but not in others, by extending den Dikken"s (2006) phase extension analysis to DP to PP relation Going through a number of examples with respect to preposition stranding and its relationship with the directionality of movements involved, this paper deals with the question why preposition stranding is different from language to language as well as within a language. By applying den Dikken"s (2006) phase extension analysis to preposition stranding examples, this paper supports his theory of phase extension This paper also deals with the consequences of the proposed analysis with respect to complementizer stranding. By equating C with P (including prepositional complementizer Jar), a unified account becomes possible to both PP-DP relation and that of CP-TP. The phase extension analysis is also proven to be superior to Fox and Pesetsky"s (2005) linearization with respect to preposition stranding.