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S-Lab - Elizabeth Swanson / On Barros et al. "There is no island repair"

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S-Lab - Elizabeth Swanson / On Barros et al. "There is no island repair"

Linguistics Friday, December 6, 2024 9:15 am - 10:45 am Marie Mount Hall,

Early on the morning of St. Nicholas Day, Elizabeth leads S-Lab with discussion of the "There is no island repair" by Barros, Elliott and Thoms, who argue against the claim, developed influentially by Merchant, that certain kinds of ellipsis render acceptable sentences that involve extraction across an island.

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Early on the morning of St. Nicholas Day, Elizabeth leads S-Lab with discussion of the "There is no island repair" by Barros, Elliott and Thoms, who argue against the claim, developed influentially by Merchant, that certain kinds of ellipsis render acceptable sentences that involve extraction across an island.

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