Extraction from relative and embedded interrogative clauses in Danish
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In Danish relative clauses and embedded interrogative clauses are not extraction islands. However, there is an asymmetry between the two clauses. In Danish it is possible to extract the subject out of an embedded interrogative clause. Extraction of the subject out of a relative clause, on the other hand, is not allowed. In this paper we present a formal HPSG analysis of extraction in Danish which treats the extraction out of relative and embedded interrogative clauses in a uniform manner, and the asymmetry between the clauses will be shown to follow from a more general constraint on adjuncts.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011