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

School of Communication and Culture - English

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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.

Original language	English
Publication date	2022
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	Linguistic Evidence 2022 - Université de Paris, Paris, France Duration: 6 Oct 2022 → 8 Oct 2022 https://le-2022.sciencesconf.org/

Conference

Conference	Linguistic Evidence 2022
Location	Université de Paris
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	06/10/2022 → 08/10/2022
Internet address	https://le-2022.sciencesconf.org/

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

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