COMP-trace effects in German: the role of processing

This article reports on the processing and comprehension of COMP-trace violations in German. The status of the COMP-trace effect in German is a controversial issue. It has been argued that judgments on long-distance (LD) subject questions are distorted because of parsing problems in the main clause...

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Main Authors: Ankelien Schippers, Margreet Vogelzang, David Öwerdieck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2020-10-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/5256