Island Constraints

M. Rochemont

ISBN 10: 9048141486 / ISBN 13: 9789048141487

Published by Springer Netherlands Dez 2010, 2010

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -constraints', which serve to block the association of antecedent to gap under specific syntactic conditions. Of the restrictions identified by Ross and others, the ones we will discuss here are the Complex NP Constraint, exemplified with a relative clause in (3b) and with a nominal complement in (4a), the Subject and wh Island Conditions (Chomsky, 1973) in (4b, c) respectively, and the Adjunct Island Condi tion (see Huang, 1982's Condition on Extraction Domain), illustrated in (4d, e). (4) (a) \*John, Mary made the claim that Sally plans to recommend_ for ajob. John, Mary claimed that Sally plans to recommend _ for a job. As for John, Mary heard the rumor that Sally intends to marry him. (b) \*John, an article about _just appeared in the newspaper. As for John, an article about him just appeared in the news paper. (c) \*Bill, I wonder who likes_. As for Bill, I wonder who likes him. (d) \*The heat, we left early because of _. As for the heat, we left early because of it. (e) \*The money, I lied so that I could keep_. As for the money, I lied so that I could keep it. 492 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Island Constraints
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands Dez 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048141486
• ISBN 13: 9789048141487
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 27D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 739 grams

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constraints', which serve to block the association of antecedent to gap under specific syntactic conditions. Of the restrictions identified by Ross and others, the ones we will discuss here are the Complex NP Constraint, exemplified with a relative clause in (3b) and with a nominal complement in (4a), the Subject and wh Island Conditions (Chomsky, 1973) in (4b, c) respectively, and the Adjunct Island Condi­ tion (see Huang, 1982's Condition on Extraction Domain), illustrated in (4d, e). (4) (a) *John, Mary made the claim that Sally plans to recommend_ for ajob. John, Mary claimed that Sally plans to recommend _ for a job. As for John, Mary heard the rumor that Sally intends to marry him. (b) *John, an article about _just appeared in the newspaper. As for John, an article about him just appeared in the news­ paper. (c) *Bill, I wonder who likes_. As for Bill, I wonder who likes him. (d) *The heat, we left early because of _. As for the heat, we left early because of it. (e) *The money, I lied so that I could keep_. As for the money, I lied so that I could keep it.