Modeling Ungrammaticality in Optimality Theory - Curt Rice
9 Wh-Islands: a view from Correspondence Theory
Modeling Ungrammaticality in Optimality Theory - Curt Rice
Ralf Vogel [+]
University of Bielefeld
Ralf Vogel is professor of German linguistics at the University of Bielefeld. He is co-editor, with Artur Stepanov and Gisbert Fanselow, of Minimality Effects in Syntax (Mouton de Gruyter, 2004) and co-author, with Gisbert Fanselow, Caroline Fery and Matthias Schlesewsky, of Gradience in Grammar: Generative Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2006).
Description
Topics include: 1 Introduction — Ineffability in OT Syntax; 2 Correspondence-based OT syntax; 3 Wh-Islands; 4 Exceptions to the wh-island constraint; 5 Exceptions to wh-islands within OT; 6 Conclusion