Abstract
This paper analyzes long extraction of relative and interrogative pronouns in the Tyrolean dialect of Meran, a Southern Bavarian variety. In this variety, long extraction is characterized by the presence of doubling of pronouns in intermediate [Spec,CP] positions both in relatives and interrogatives (1), and apparent optionality between the doubling structure and a resumptive pronoun structure limited to relatives in certain contexts (s. (1a). vs. (2); cf. McCloskey 1990, 2002, Rouveret 2002 and Adger & Ramchand 2005 for the discussion of similar structures in the Gaelic languages)