Structural, Functional, and Processing Perspectives on Linguistic Island Effects
Structural, Functional, and Processing Perspectives on Linguistic Island Effects
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DOI：
10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011619-030319
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发表时间：
2022-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Gibson, Edward
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作者：
Liu, Yingtong;Winckel, Elodie;Gibson, Edward
罗斯（Ross，1967）观察到“岛”结构之类的结构“您认为[np _]的礼物促使谣言？”或“您听到了[首席执行官提升_]的声明[np]？”尽管在某些情况下似乎具有合理的含义，但这是不可接受的。 Ross（1967）和Chomsky（1973）假设，不可接受性的来源是在语法中。在这里，我们总结了文献中的话语，频率和记忆理论如何解释这种影响。我们建议只有一个岛结构 - 一类协调岛 - 最好通过句法/语义约束来解释。我们推测所有其他岛屿结构都可能用话语，频率和记忆来解释。
Ross (1967) observed that "island" structures like "Who do you think [NP the gift from _] prompted the rumor?" or "Who did you hear [NP the statement [s that the CEO promoted _]]?" are not acceptable, despite having what seem to be plausible meanings in some contexts. Ross (1967) and Chomsky (1973) hypothesized that the source of the unacceptability is in the syntax. Here, we summarize how theories of discourse, frequency, and memory from the literature might account for such effects. We suggest that there is only one island structure-a class of coordination islands-that is best explained by a syntactic/semantic constraint. We speculate that all other island structures are likely to be explained in terms of discourse, frequency, and memory.