The relationship between parsing and generation
Humans use their linguistic knowledge in at least two ways: on the one hand, to convey what
they mean to others or to themselves, and on the other hand, to understand what others say …
they mean to others or to themselves, and on the other hand, to understand what others say …
Extraction from subjects: Differences in acceptability depend on the discourse function of the construction
In order to explain the unacceptability of certain long-distance dependencies–termed
syntactic islands by Ross (1967)–syntacticians proposed constraints on long-distance …
syntactic islands by Ross (1967)–syntacticians proposed constraints on long-distance …
[LIVRE][B] Unbounded dependency constructions: Theoretical and experimental perspectives
This book is about one of the most intriguing features of human communication systems: the
fact that words that go together in meaning can occur arbitrarily far away from each other. In …
fact that words that go together in meaning can occur arbitrarily far away from each other. In …
Frequency effects in subject islands
RP Chaves, JE Dery - Journal of linguistics, 2019 - cambridge.org
This work provides evidence that Subject Island violation effects vanish if subject-embedded
gaps are made as frequent and pragmatically felicitous as non-island counterpart controls …
gaps are made as frequent and pragmatically felicitous as non-island counterpart controls …
Anatomy of a counterexample: Extraction from relative clauses
I Sichel - Linguistic Inquiry, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Relative clauses (RCs) are considered islands for extraction, yet acceptable cases of overt
extraction from RCs have been attested over the years in a variety of languages: Danish …
extraction from RCs have been attested over the years in a variety of languages: Danish …
The cultural origins of symbolic number.
DM O'Shaughnessy, E Gibson… - Psychological review, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
It is popular in psychology to hypothesize that representations of exact number are innately
determined—in particular, that biology has endowed humans with a system for manipulating …
determined—in particular, that biology has endowed humans with a system for manipulating …
Extraction from English RCs and cross-linguistic similarities in the environments that facilitate extraction
In the first two decades following Ross's Constraints on Variables in Syntax, a picture
emerged in which the Mainland Scandinavian (MS) languages appeared to systematically …
emerged in which the Mainland Scandinavian (MS) languages appeared to systematically …
Chapter On a-marking of object topics in the Italian left periphery
A Belletti - From sounds to structures: Beyond the veil of Maya, 2018 - library.oapen.org
Standard Italian is known not to mark lexical direct objects through use of a prep-osition. 1
This is in contrast with southern varieties, in which lexical direct objects are typically …
This is in contrast with southern varieties, in which lexical direct objects are typically …
On the syntax of surprise negation sentences: A case study on expletive negation
M Greco - Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 2020 - Springer
Expletive Negation is widespread in human languages. Although many semantic, pragmatic
and syntactic hypotheses about it have been advanced, it still remains puzzling. Two …
and syntactic hypotheses about it have been advanced, it still remains puzzling. Two …
Person features and lexical restrictions in Italian clefts
In this paper, we discuss the results of two experiments, one off-line (acceptability judgment)
and the other on-line (eye-tracking), targeting Object Cleft (OC) constructions. In both …
and the other on-line (eye-tracking), targeting Object Cleft (OC) constructions. In both …