Unacceptable but comprehensible: the facilitation effect of resumptive pronouns

It is often assumed in the theoretical syntax literature that intrusive resumptive pronouns can rescue island violations. However, recent experimental investigations did not provide strong evidence for such a rescuing effect. The current study examines intrusive resumption in Italian and English. In...

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Main Authors: Andrea Beltrama, Ming Xiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2016-08-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:http://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/24