Colloquium 077: Zheng Shen (National University of Singapore)
國立清華大學語言學研究所新077次專題演講公告
講者：Zheng Shen (National University of Singapore)
講題：Experimental studies of extraction from NPs
時間：2021年11月26日(星期五) 15:30-17:00
Google meet: https://meet.google.com/hqj-uqxs-skr
摘要：Filler-gap dependency, or syntactic movement, has been the focus of syntax since its inception. One hallmark property of movement is that it is banned in certain environments, labeled as syntactic islands. Although the patterns of island phenomena have been extensively studied, the source of this constraint remains a mystery. In addition to the traditional syntactic approach to island, several reductionist approaches have been proposed that argue island effects can be derived by processing or discourse factors. In this talk, I report several experiments on definite NP islands (*What did you read the book about?) and discuss the implications of the findings on different approaches to island effects.
講者：Zheng Shen (National University of Singapore)
講題：Experimental studies of extraction from NPs
時間：2021年11月26日(星期五) 15:30-17:00
Google meet: https://meet.google.com/hqj-uqxs-skr
摘要：Filler-gap dependency, or syntactic movement, has been the focus of syntax since its inception. One hallmark property of movement is that it is banned in certain environments, labeled as syntactic islands. Although the patterns of island phenomena have been extensively studied, the source of this constraint remains a mystery. In addition to the traditional syntactic approach to island, several reductionist approaches have been proposed that argue island effects can be derived by processing or discourse factors. In this talk, I report several experiments on definite NP islands (*What did you read the book about?) and discuss the implications of the findings on different approaches to island effects.