Freezing Effects

Corver, Norbert

doi:10.1002/9780470996591.ch28

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“…The notion that some syntactic configurations produce freezing effects first appears in Ross :305 and has been invoked subsequently to account for a substantial range of phenomena (see Corver for a review). Ross's (1967) version of the freezing constraint in (6) deals specifically with examples like those in (5).…”

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Effects of Processing on the Acceptability of “Frozen” Extraposed Constituents

Hofmeister

Culicover

Winkler

2015

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Effects of Processing on the Acceptability of “Frozen” Extraposed Constituents

Hofmeister

Culicover

Winkler

2015

Syntax

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“…* Who i did you see [a picture t j ] yesterday [ PP of t i ] j ? Historically, explanations for freezing focus on identifying properties of the syntactic configurations from which extraction is not possible and a corresponding grammatical constraint that explicitly blocks such extraction (Corver 2017). For example, Ross (1967) formulated the Frozen Structure Constraint in (8).…”

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The Radical Unacceptability Hypothesis: Accounting for Unacceptability without Universal Constraints

Culicover

Varaschin²,

Winkler

2022

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The Radical Unacceptability Hypothesis (RUH) has been proposed as a way of explaining the unacceptability of extraction from islands and frozen structures. This hypothesis explicitly assumes a distinction between unacceptability due to violations of local well-formedness conditions—conditions on constituency, constituent order, and morphological form—and unacceptability due to extra-grammatical factors. We explore the RUH with respect to classical islands, and extend it to a broader range of phenomena, including freezing, A′ chain interactions, zero-relative clauses, topic islands, weak crossover, extraction from subjects and parasitic gaps, and sensitivity to information structure. The picture that emerges is consistent with the RUH, and suggests more generally that the unacceptability of extraction from otherwise well-formed configurations reflects non-syntactic factors, not principles of grammar.

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“…This follows from the Freezing Principle in (41), which bans moving something out of an already moved element (i.e. (Ross (1974); Wexler & Culicover (1977); see also discussion in Corver (2006)).…”

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Left branch extraction, object shift, and freezing effects in Tumbalá Ch’ol

Little

2020

Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics

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Ch'ol (Mayan) exhibits asymmetries in what is available for left branch extraction. While both numerals and interrogative possessors are able to extract from absolutive subject position, only numerals may extract from absolutive object position. To capture this asymmetry, I provide evidence that objects with overt possessors always undergo object shift, blocking left branch extraction. This follows from the Freezing Principle (Ross 1974; Wexler & Culicover 1977), or a ban on extraction from a moved constituent. Objects with numeral modifiers do not obligatorily undergo object shift and therefore may extract from the object. In addition to numerals and interrogative possessors, I present and analyze possibilities for other elements to extract out of various positions. I situate this work within Agree-based theories of extraction (e.g. Rackowski & Richards 2005; van Urk & Richards 2015; Branan 2018) and discuss this proposal's theoretical implications. Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from the author's fieldwork.

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Freezing Effects

Cited by 30 publications

References 6 publications

Effects of Processing on the Acceptability of “Frozen” Extraposed Constituents

Effects of Processing on the Acceptability of “Frozen” Extraposed Constituents

The Radical Unacceptability Hypothesis: Accounting for Unacceptability without Universal Constraints

Left branch extraction, object shift, and freezing effects in Tumbalá Ch’ol

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