Escape from Noun Complement Clauses in Avatime

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5901469
AutoresTravis Major (0000-0002-5222-0051, University of Southern California), Harold Torrence (University of California, Los Angeles)
Año2024
Volumen9
Número11
Páginas339
Fecha de publicación2024-10-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguages (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages9110339
OpenAlexW4403872410
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas26

This paper discusses the status of island phenomena in Avatime, an endangered Kwa language of Ghana. We focus on clausal adjuncts, specifically noun complement clauses (NCCs). We show that while standard adjuncts are strong islands in Avatime, NCCs allow argument extraction. We suggest that this is related to the fact that NCCs in Avatime are not a type of relative clause. Instead, NCCs involve a kind of serial verb construction, which independently allows for extraction

Biology · Complement (music · Dependent clause · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Nominalization · Noun · Noun phrase · Sentence · Computer Science · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Genetics