The effect of coordinate structure on the licensing of čto-clauses in noun complement constructions: An experimental study

Autor: M. Knyazev
Jazyk: English<br />Russian
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Rhema. Рема, Iss 1, Pp 56-69 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2500-2953
DOI: 10.31862/2500-2953-2020-1-56-69
Popis: Previously, čto-clause complements of nouns were found to be more acceptable in constructions with collocations as opposed to non-collocations, which was taken to support the hypothesis whereby čto-clauses are introduced by a silent preposition licensed by incorporation into a complex predicate (created in collocational constructions). The paper presents the results of an acceptability rating study testing the prediction of this account, namely, that embedding the noun in a coordinate structure should block the incorporation and hence licensing of čto-clauses. In addition, an alternative hypothesis is examined according to which čto-clauses are more acceptable in collocations due to their higher frequency.
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