Islands with bridges? Extraction from adjunct clauses in Danish

Anne Mette Nyvad; Ken Ramshøj Christensen; Christiane Müller

Islands with bridges? Extraction from adjunct clauses in Danish

Anne Mette Nyvad, Ken Ramshøj Christensen, Christiane Müller

Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur - Engelsk

Publikation: Konferencebidrag › Paper › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

We present data from a series of acceptability
judgement experiments on extraction from three types of finite adjunct clauses in
Danish: relativization with and without supporting context, and topicalization with
context. The results revealed a strikingly stable
pattern: Extractions from temporal and causal clauses are significantly less
acceptable than extractions from conditionals, which are significantly less
acceptable than extractions from complement clauses. We shall argue
that adjunct clauses are not strong islands in Danish, and that the variation in the
acceptability ratings across constructions and languages depends on extrasyntactic factors.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Publikationsdato	2022
Status	Udgivet - 2022
Begivenhed	Linguistic Evidence 2022 - Université de Paris, Paris, Frankrig Varighed: 6 okt. 2022 → 8 okt. 2022 https://le-2022.sciencesconf.org/

Konference

Konference	Linguistic Evidence 2022
Lokation	Université de Paris
Land/Område	Frankrig
By	Paris
Periode	06/10/2022 → 08/10/2022
Internetadresse	https://le-2022.sciencesconf.org/

At the Edge of Language - An Investigation into the Limits of Human Grammar
Nyvad, A. M. (PI), Müller, C. (Deltager), Christensen, K. R. (Deltager), Ehlers, K. R. (Deltager), Rohde, J. M. (Deltager), Saddy, D. (Samarbejdspartner), Sprouse, J. (Samarbejdspartner) & Vikner, S. (Samarbejdspartner)
Sapere Aude - DFF Forskningsleder
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

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