Events
EXTRA SIL Talk: Gianluca Porta
Speaker: Gianluca Porta (Ulster University)
Title: Extraction from adjuncts: the role of Small Clauses
When: Tuesday 26 November, 4-5pm
Abstract
A well-known distinction between arguments and adjuncts is that only the former allow extraction. A number of reasons for the island status of adjuncts have been proposed (e.g. Haung’s (1982) CED). Recent experimental studies challenged the categorical island status of adjuncts. In this talk, I will focus on English –ing gerunds, and I will show when and why they allow extraction. A gerund is transparent when the internal argument of the matrix predicate is a Small Clause (SC). The presence of SC integrates the gerund, integrating it with the matrix clause and thus turning it into a weak island.
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