Circumventing the ‘That-Trace’ Effect: Different Strategies between Germanic and Romance

In our paper, we deal with the Germanic–Romance language contact, focusing on Cimbrian, a Germanic minority language spoken in Northern Italy. Specifically, we focus on the violation of the well-known that-trace filter, as it appears to be an interesting case of the superficial convergence that we a...

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Published in:Languages (Basel) 2021-06, Vol.6 (2), p.84
Main Authors: Padovan, Andrea, Bidese, Ermenegildo, Tomaselli, Alessandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agreement (Grammatical)
Bavarian
Cimbrian
Comparative linguistics
complementizer agreement
Complementizers
Germanic languages
Language
Language contact
Minority languages
null subject parameter
Pro drop parameter
Romance languages
Syntax
that-trace violation
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Summary:In our paper, we deal with the Germanic–Romance language contact, focusing on Cimbrian, a Germanic minority language spoken in Northern Italy. Specifically, we focus on the violation of the well-known that-trace filter, as it appears to be an interesting case of the superficial convergence that we ascribe to the status of T, which is either too rich (model language) or too weak (replica language) to represent a viable landing site for subject extraction.
ISSN:2226-471X
2226-471X
DOI:10.3390/languages6020084