Escape from Noun Complement Clauses in Avatime

This paper discusses the status of island phenomena in Avatime, an endangered Kwa language of Ghana. We focus on clausal adjuncts, specifically noun complement clauses (NCCs). We show that while standard adjuncts are strong islands in Avatime, NCCs allow argument extraction. We suggest that this is...

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Principais autores:	Travis Major, Harold Torrence
Format:	Artigo
Jezik:	Inglês
Izdano:	MDPI AG 2024-10-01
Serija:	Languages
Teme:	Island escape Avatime noun complement clause adjunct clause serial verb construction
Online dostop:	https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/9/11/339
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