Yoshio Endo | Kanda University of International Studies
In this paper, I will discuss a novel phenomenon
which has not previously been discussed in the literature on
how come questions – namely the fact that they
can exhibit subject drop in diary-style English. I will first
introduce Haegeman’s
(1990) analysis of diary English with special attention
to subject drop. I will next show some facts that how
come questions can exhibit subject drop in diary-style
English and suggest a mechanism responsible for subject drop in
diary English. It will be shown that the same mechanism is used to
license the null subject in Old English. I will further deal with a
related but distinct question about the mechanism licensing an
argumental element in the lower topic position in Old English, as
opposed to Late Middle English. I will finally show that the same
mechanism responsible for subject drop is used in licensing null
Case in Japanese.
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