Escape from the Island: Grammaticality and (Reduced) Acceptability of wh-island Violations in Danish  

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Christensen, Ken Ramshoj ; Kizach, Johannes ; Nyvad, Anne Mette

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Psycholinguistics Research =>ada di SpringerLink 1972(vol.1) - Mutakhir; PROQUEST vol. 42 no. 1 (Feb. 2013), page 51-70.
Topik: Parsing · Working memory · Training effects · wh-movement · D-linking
Fulltext: Christensen_Ken_Ramshøj, vol. 42 issue 1 February 2013. p. 51 - 70.pdf (457.71KB)

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In the syntax literature, it is commonly assumed that a constraint on linguistic competence blocks extraction of wh-expressions (e.g. what or which book) from embedded questions, referred to as wh-islands. Furthermore, it is assumed that there is an argument/adjunct asymmetry in extraction from wh-islands. We report results from two acceptability judgment experiments on long and short wh-movement and wh-extraction from wh-islands in Danish. The results revealed four main findings: (1) No adjunct/argument asymmetry in extraction from wh-islands. (2) Long adjunct wh-movement is less acceptable than long argument wh-movement, and this difference is attributable to matrix verb compatibility and factivity, not D-linking. (3) Long movement reduces acceptability, but is more acceptable than island violations. (4) Training effects reveal that island violations, though degraded, are grammatical in Danish. Since the standard assumptions cannot account for the range of results, we argue in favor of a processing account referring to locality (processing domains) and working memory.

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