Freedom in the Dutch middle-field: Deriving discourse structure at the syntax-pragmatics interface
This paper experimentally explores the optionality of Dutch scrambling structures with a definite object and an adverb. Most researchers argue that such structures are not freely interchangeable, but are subject to a strict discourse template. Existing analyses are based primarily on intuitions of the researchers, while experimental support is scarce. This paper reports on two experiments to gauge the existence of a strict discourse template. The discourse status of definite objects in scrambling clauses is first probed in a fill-in-the-blanks experiment and subsequently manipulated in a speed... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Glossa: a journal of general linguistics ; Volume 5 ; volume 5, issue 1 ; ISSN 2397-1835 |
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Open Library of the Humanities
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Schlagwörter: | Linguistics and Language / Language and Linguistics |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26656404 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.1307 |