Extraction Asymmetries: Experimental Evidence From German (linguistik Aktuell/linguistics Today)

'This monograph addresses divergent views in the linguistic literature on whether German displays the that-trace effect and other subject/object asymmetries commonly found for long extractions in English and other languages. Using newly developed rating methodologies, the author exposes consistent and robust subject/object asymmetries in German – a surprisingly unequivocal result given that the existence of these effects is controversial. This finding raises important questions: how can one account for the discrepancy between the clear experimental evidence on the one hand, and the lack of consensus in the linguistic literature on the other? And secondly, it raises again the old question of why subject extractions are dispreferred. This work also provides intriguing new insights into the long-standing question on how to analyse German constructions such as Wer glaubst du hat recht? – the ‘parenthesis versus extraction debate'. In this work decisive evidence points in favour of the parenthetical analysis.' Machine Generated Contents Note: Ch. 1 An Introduction To Long Extraction -- 1.1.the Movement Metaphor -- 1.2.long Extraction---four Basic Factors -- 1.3.the Four Factors In Linguistic Theory -- 1.3.1.factor I: Mobility -- 1.3.1.1.subject/object Asymmetries -- 1.3.1.1.adjunct/argument Asymmetries -- 1.3.1.factor Ii: Permeability -- 1.3.3.factor Iii: Bridge Quality -- 1.3.4.factor Iv: Movement Type -- 1.4.the Scope Of This Monograph -- Ch. 2 Judgement Studies: Methodology And Evaluation -- 2.1.why Judgement Studies? -- 2.2.collecting The Data -- 2.2.1.designing The Materials Of Our Experiments -- 2.2.2.elicitation Method -- 2.2.3.experimental Procedure -- 2.3.evaluating The Data -- 2.3.1.visual Inspection -- 2.3.2.statitical Analysis -- 2.4.cardinal Well-formedness Values -- Ch. 3 Subject/object Asymmertris In German: Estabising The Basic Data Pattern -- 3.1.subject/object Asymmetries In Dass-extractions -- 3.1.1.views From The Literature -- Contents Note Continued: 3.1.2.investigating Mobility: Subject/object Asymmetries With Dative Extraction? -- 3.1.2.1.exp 1: Design -- 3.1.2.2.exp 1: Results And Discussion -- 3.1.3.investigating Movement Type: Wh-movement Versus Long Topicalization -- 3.1.3.1.exp 2: Design -- 3.1.3.2.exp 2: Results -- 3.2.subject/object Asymmetries With Wh-islands -- 3.2.1.views From The Literature -- 3.2.1.exp 3: Design -- 3.2.3.exp 3: Results And Discussion -- 3.2.3.1.floor Effects -- 3.2.3.2.mobility [×] Movement Type Or: Work Order Preferences -- 3.2.3.3.permeability Or: The Semantic Heaviness Of Complementizers -- 3.2.3.4.movement Type [×] Permeability Or: How Movement Type Interacts With Complementizertype -- 3.2.3.5.mobility [×] Permeability For Long Topicalization -- 3.2.3.6.mobility [×] Permeability For Long Wh-movement -- 3.2.3.7.summary -- 3.3.an Cexursus On Adjunct/argument Asymmetries -- 3.3.1.experiment 2 Revisited: Design -- Contents Note Continued: 3.3.2.experiment 2 Revisited: Results -- 3.4.conculsions -- Ch. 4 A Controversial Case: Extraction From V2-clause Or Parenthetical Construction? -- 4.1.two Competing Analyses -- 4.2.discussion In The Literature -- 4.3.evidence From Predicate Restrictions -- 4.3.1.dass-extraction And Controversial Construction -- 4.3.1.1.exp 4: Design -- 4.3.1.2.exp 4: Results -- 4.3.2.open Question I: Dependent V2-clauses -- 4.3.2.1.exp 5: Design -- 4.3.2.2.exp 5: Results -- 4.3.3.open Question Ii: Other Integrated Parentheticals -- 4.3.3.1.exp 6: Design -- 4.3.3.2.exp 6: Results -- 4.3.4.discussion -- 4.4.evidence From Subject/object Asymmetries -- 4.4.1.exp 3 Revisited: Design -- 4.4.2.exp 3 Revisited: Results -- 4.4.3.exp 3 Revisited: Discussion -- 4.4.4.excursus: Featherston's Interpretation Of Similar Data -- 4.5.conclusions -- Ch. 5 Locating The Explanation For The Subject/object Asymmetry In The Matrix Clause -- 5.1.the Role Of Morphological Case-marking -- Contents Note Continued: 5.1.1.the Predictions Of Andersson & Kvam (1984) -- 5.1.2.our Experimental Approach To The Agreement Clash Hypothesis -- 5.2.the Role Of Local Ambiguity -- 5.2.1.fanselow & Frisch (2006) -- 5.2.2.subject/object Asymmetries With Interrogative Pronouns -- 5.2.2.1.exp 7: Design -- 5.2.2.2.exp 7: Results And Discussion -- 5.2.3.extraction From Infinitival Clauses As The Source Of Local Ambiguity -- 5.3.case-ambiguous Extracted Dps In Self-paced Reading Studies -- 5.3.1.farke(1994) -- 5.3.2.contra Farke (1994) -- 5.4.judgement Studies On Case-ambiguous Extracted Dps -- 5.4.1.a First Study On Case-ambiguous Extracted Elements -- 5.4.1.1.exp 8: Design -- 5.4.1.2.exp 8: Results And Discussion -- 5.4.2.comparing Case-ambiguous And Case-unambiguous Extracted Dps -- 5.4.2.1.exp 9: Design -- 5.4.2.2.exp 9: Results -- 5.4.2.3.exp 9: Discussion -- 5.4.3.general Remarks On Testing Case-ambiguous Extracted Dps -- 5.5.our Extraction Data And The `good Enough' Approach -- Contents Note Continued: 5.5.1.a General Outline Of The `good Enough' Approach -- 5.5.2.applying The `good Enough' Approach To Our Extraction Data In General -- 5.5.3.applying The `good Enough' Approach To Experiment 9 -- 5.6.conclusions -- Ch. 6 Locating The Explanation For The Subject/object Asymmetry In The Embedded Clause -- 6.1.considering The Constellation In The Embedded Clause -- 6.1.1.exp 10: Design -- 6.1.2.exp 10: Results -- 6.1.3.the `good Enough' Approach Revisited -- 6.1.4.summary -- 6.2.characteristics Of The Extraction Site -- 6.3.testing Long Extraction Of'atypical' Subjects -- 6.3.1.an Experiment On Nd- Versus Dn-verbs -- 6.3.1.1.exp 11: Design -- 6.3.1.2.exp 11: Results And Discussion -- 6.3.2.a Study On Long Extraction In Passive And Unaccusative Contexts -- 6.3.2.1.exp 12: Design -- 6.3.2.2.exp 12: Results -- 6.3.3.a Follow-up Study On Subject Extraction In Passive Contexts -- 6.3.3.1.exp 13: Design -- 6.3.3.2.exp 13: Results -- Contents Note Continued: 6.3.4.overall Conclusion From Experiment 12 And 13 -- 6.4.testing The Interaction Of Scrambling And Long Extraction -- 6.4.1.exp 14: Design -- 6.4.2.exp 14: Results And Discussion -- 6.4.2.1.replication Of The Basic Subject/object Asymmetry? -- 6.4.2.2.the Effect Of Scrambling -- 6.4.3.summary -- 6.5.the La-account Revisited -- 6.6.conclusion -- Ch. 7 Conclusions. Tanja Kiziak. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Content: Extraction Asymmetries; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; List of figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Chapter 1. An introduction to long extraction; Chapter 2. Judgement studies; Chapter 3. Subject/object asymmetries in German; Chapter 4. A controversial case; Chapter 5. Locating the explanation for the subject/object asymmetry in the matrix clause; Chapter 6. Locating the explanation for the subject/object asymmetry in the embedded clause; Chapter 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix A; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. Abstract: A monograph that addresses divergent views in the linguistic literature on whether German displays the that-trace effect and other subject/object asymmetries commonly found for long extractions in English and other languages. 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