Spanish embedded question island effects revisited
An Experimental Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5086433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claudia Pañeda (0000-0002-1328-6605, Universidad de Oviedo, corresponding author), Dave Kush (0000-0002-2567-6440, University of Toronto Scarborough) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 463-504 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling-2020-0110 |
| OpenAlex | W3153295875 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 47 |
It is often reported that embedded questions (EQs) are not syntactic islands in Spanish. However, some authors have observed that the acceptability of filler-gap dependencies (FGDs) into Spanish EQs varies with the EQ-embedding verb: FGDs into EQs underresponsiveverbs (e.g.,know) do not result in island effects, but FGDs into EQs underrogativeverbs (e.g.,ask) do yield island effects. One account attributes the contrast to a structural difference between the two EQs, due to whichask-EQs violate Bounding constraints, butknow-EQs do not. In two acceptability studies we investigated the reliability of verb-dependent island effects in EQs introduced bysi'whether' andcuándo'when'. We found no qualitative acceptability differences betweenaskandknowEQ-island sentences, suggesting that the syntactic islandhood of Spanish EQs is not verb-dependent. Nevertheless, average island effects were numerically greater withask, suggesting the presence of a non-syntactic constraint. In addition, FGDs intowhether-EQs were generally acceptable, whereas FGDs intowhen-EQs obtained unacceptable average ratings and highly variable judgments. We argue that in neither case there is a Bounding constraint violation. Instead we explore alternative potential explanations for the differences in terms of features, presuppositions and processing pressures
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 2,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |