A7
Focus and Extraction in Complex Constructions and Islands
The project investigates the role of focus and givenness in extraction out of island configurations (ICs) and other complex constructions (CCs), which are frequently judged to be marked or ungrammatical (Freezing Effect). In project phases I and II, the project investigated extraction from focus constructions and identified factors that play a role in resistance to extraction, and information-structurally (InfS) controlled contexts that improve these constructions. Based on these results, we now extend its empirical coverage to ICs and CCs and investigate the InfS conditions on extraction and the degree of context adaptivity determined by the specific weight of construction-specific and InfS complexity factors.
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. Susanne Winkler
+49 7071 29-78451
Fax: +49 7071 35040
susanne.winkler @uni-tuebingen.de
English Department
University of Tübingen
Wilhelmstr. 50
72074 Tübingen
Germany
Research Staff
PD Dr. Andreas Konietzko
+49 7071 29-78455
andreas.konietzko @uni-tuebingen.de
SFB 833, University of Tübingen
Nauklerstraße 35, room 3.07
D-72074 Tübingen
Andreas Kehl, M.A.
+49 7071 29-77158
andreas.kehl @uni-tuebingen.de
SFB 833, University of Tübingen
Nauklerstraße 35, room 3.07
D-72074 Tübingen
Alvaro Cortés Rodríguez, M.A.
+49 7071 29-77158
alvaro.cortes-rodriguez @uni-tuebingen.de
SFB 833, University of Tübingen
Nauklerstraße 35, room 3.07
D-72074 Tübingen
Associate Members
Katerina Magdou, M.A.
+49 7071 29-72959
katerina.magdou @uni-tuebingen.de
English Department
University of Tübingen
Wilhelmstr. 50, room 360
72074 Tübingen
Germany
Student Assistants
Elise Czaja, B.A.
Kalle Glauch
Alena Hieber
Ellen Lehmann
Valentina Mayer, B.A.
Benjamin Scharmatinat
Fiona Sieler
Evelyn Sürer