Extraction in Dutch with Lexical Rules

Dutch argument extraction is analyzed in the version of Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar which is sketched in [Pollard&Sag(1994)], chapter 9. In this version of HPSG the existence of traces is denied and instead extraction information is introduced by lexical rules operating on the features of lexical heads. We present such lexical rules to account for Dutch verb second and the highly idiosyncratic properties of Dutch preposition stranding, thus illustrating the descriptive power of such lexical rules. We also generalize the analysis to account for the behaviour of Dutch P0 w.r.t. neuter pronouns and define P0 in the hierarchical lexicon so that P0 is disallowed to locally govern any pronoun which denotes a neuter referent. 1 Dutch Verb Second and Preposition Stranding Dutch displays an intriguing idiosyncracy with respect to preposition stranding, as can be read from the contrast between (1b) and (1c); (1) a. Aan To welke which stichting foundation schenkt donates Beatrix Beatrix het the huis house ? ? “To which foundation does Beatrix donate the house ?” b. * Wat What[R ] schenkt donates Beatrix Beatrix het the huis house aan to ?? “What does Beatrix donate the house to ?” c. Waar What[R+] schenkt donates Beatrix Beatrix het the huis house aan to ?? This research report is a slightly corrected version of [Rentier(1994b)]. The relevant corrections concern semantic technicalities in Sect. 5 and an erroneous definition in an analysis in Sect. 6. Author was, over the relevant periods of time, sponsored by EC projects ESPRIT P5254 (PLUS) and P6665 (DANDELION), a travel grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and a travel grant from SHELL NEDERLAND. Thanks for many useful suggestions and for detailed comments on earlier versions of this paper to Bart Geurts, Josée Heemskerk, Paola Monachesi, John Nerbonne, Carl Pollard, Ivan Sag, Chris Sijtsma, Wietske Sijtsma, Craig Thiersch, Margriet Verlinden, attendants of CLIN III, Tilburg, the Netherlands, October ’92 for comments on [Rentier(1993)], and attendants of the First International Workshop on HPSG in Columbus, Ohio, USA, August ’93 (where an earlier version of this paper was read) and the audience of KONVENS94 in Vienna, Austria, September ’94.