Speaker:<\/b> Daniar Kasenov (NYU)
\nTitle: <\/b>Salvation by deletion in Russian LBE
\nTime: <\/b>Tuesday, May 12, 1:00pm - 2pm
\nLocation: <\/b>32-D461<\/p>\n
Russian does not allow left branch extraction from NPs that are complements of P. Sluicing alleviates this restriction. I argue that the pattern is best explained by the Cyclic Linearization view of “island repair”: ungrammaticality results from conflicting linearization statements but ellipsis can resolve the conflict.<\/p>\n
The talk will cover:\u00a0<\/span> \n\u0097 Extension to other restrictions on extraction from Russian NPs which are alleviated by sluicing based on the scattered deletion view of left branch extraction (Fanselow, ?avar 2003; Bondarenko, Davis 2023).<\/p>\n \n\u0097 An account of what we call the Sole Remnant Generalization: the remnant must be the only pronounced item in its clause (observed for preposition drop in other languages too). The model is a mix of Fox & Pesetsky (2003) and Johnson (2020) which allows for scattered deletion and predicts the Sole Remnant Generalization straightforwardly.<\/p>\n
\n\u0097 Why the pattern must involve salvation by deletion (against the general attitude expressed by Barros et al. 2014)<\/p>\n