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    Infinitival with complementiser and object gap
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    The adjective is followed by an infinitival clause with an object gap. An example is given below:

    Example 1

    Hja is te jong om út te noegjen foar it bungafeest
    she is too young for out to invite for the bunga.party
    She is too young to be invited to the bungaparty
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    The argument of which the adjective is predicated can also be coreferential with a gap in the infinitival clause that occurs in the position of direct object or prepositional complement:

    Example 2

    a. Hja is te jong om út te noegjen foar it bungafeest
    she is too young for out to invite for the bunga.party
    She is too young to be invited to the bungaparty
    b. Hja is te jong om in relaasje mei te hawwen
    she is too young for a relation with to have
    She is too young to have a relationship with

    The infinitival clause may be preposed:

    Example 3

    a. Om út te noegjen foar it bungafeest is hja te jong
    for out to invite for the bunga.party is she too young
    She is too young to be invited to the bungaparty
    b. Om in relaasje mei te hawwen is hja te jong
    for a relation to have is she too young
    She is too young to have a relationship with

    The degree phrase as a whole may be preposed:

    Example 4

    a. Te jong om út te noegjen foar it bungafeest is hja net
    too young for out to invite for the bunga.party is she not
    She is not too young to be invited to the bungaparty
    b. Te jong om in relaasje mei te hawwen is hja net
    too young for a relation with to have is she not
    She is not too young to have a relationship with

    The embedded clause cannot have the form of an Imperativus-pro-Participio, although the examples improve considerably in case the object gap is filled with a pronoun. This is shown in the examples below:

    Example 5

    a. *Hja is te jong en noegje út foar it bungafeest
    she is too young and invite out for the bunga.party
    She is too young to be invited to the bungaparty
    b. *Hja is te jong en haw in relaasje mei
    she is too young and have a relation with
    She is too young to have a relationship with
    c. Hja is te jong en noegje har út foar it bungafeest
    she is too young and invite her out for the bunga.party
    She is too young to be invited to the bungaparty
    d. ?Hja is te jong en haw in relaasje mei har
    she is too young and have a relation with her
    She is too young to have a relationship with
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      ABOUT THIS TOPIC
      Author(s):
      Eric Hoekstra, Joke Weening
      Category:
      Frisian Syntax
      Publication date:
      07 August 2019
      Keywords:
      object gap
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