61. Surviving sluicingFranc Marušič, Petra Mišmaš, Vesna Plesničar, Tina Šuligoj, 2016, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: sluicing, discourse particles, multiple wh-fronting, wh-phrase, left periphery, syntax, Slovenian
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62. The Modal Cycle vs. Negation in SlovenianFranc Marušič, Rok Žaucer, 2016, independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph Abstract: One of the possible ways of expressing possibility in affirmative
sentences in Slovenian is with a modal adverb that combines with a finite verb. Under negation, a modal auxiliary must be used instead of the modal adverb. The pattern with a modal adverb that combines with a finite verb is a peculiarity among other Slavic languages as well as European languages more generally (Hansen 2005, Olmen & Auwera, in press). Looking at diachronic data, which reveal an earlier stage without the modal adverb as well as a subsequent stage with cooccurrence of the modal adverb and the modal auxiliary, we propose that the change be analyzed in terms of the linguistic cycle (van Gelderen 2011), with the modal adverb originating as a reinforcer of the modal auxiliary and then grammaticalizing into a modal. The modal-adverb strategy could not generalize to contexts with sentential negation because of the hierarchical order of the relevant functional projections and the characteristics of the negative particle.
Keywords: Modal adverb, modal cycle, linguistic cycle, Slovenian
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63. Formal Studies in Slovenian Syntax : In honor of Janez Orešnik2016, scientific monograph Abstract: Although in the early days of generative linguistics Slovenian was rarely called on in the development of theoretical models, the attention it gets has subsequently grown, so that by now it has contributed to generative linguistics a fair share of theoretically important data. With 13 chapters that all build on Slovenian data, this book sets a new milestone. The topics discussed in the volume range from Slovenian clitics, which are called on to shed new light on the intriguing Person-Case Constraint and to provide part of the evidence for a new generalization relating the presence of the definite article and Wackernagel clitics, to functional elements such as the future auxiliary and possibility modals, the latter of which are discussed also from the perspective of language change. Even within the relatively well-researched topics like wh-movement, new findings are presented, both in relation to the structure of the left periphery and to the syntax of relative clauses.
Keywords: Slovenian, Slavic syntax, syntax, Theoretical linguistics
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64. Introduction with a State of the Art in Generative Slovenian SyntaxFranc Marušič, Rok Žaucer, 2016, independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph Abstract: Although in the early days of generative linguistics Slovenian was rarely
called on in the development of theoretical models, the attention it gets has
subsequently grown, so that by now it has contributed to generative
linguistics a fair share of theoretically important data. Some of the topics
where Slovenian data played a prominent role include the feel-like
construction, imperative embedding, closest conjunct agreement
phenomena, double applicatives, etc. In this Introduction, we outline some
of these topics to demonstrate how Slovenian has been brought to bear on
issues in generative syntax, and then briefly introduce individual chapters,
some of which touch on the above-mentioned topics and some of which
address new topics where Slovenian data prove relevant for the study of a
particular linguistic phenomenon, such as relativization, modality, and
clitics.
Keywords: Generative linguistics, Slovenian, syntax
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65. Does Grammatical Structure Accelerate Number Word Learning? Evidence from Learners of Dual and Non-Dual Dialects of SlovenianFranc Marušič, Rok Žaucer, Vesna Plesničar, Tina Razboršek, Jessica Sullivan, David Barner, 2016, original scientific article Abstract: How does linguistic structure affect children’s acquisition of early number word meanings? Previous studies have tested this question by comparing how children learning languages with different grammatical representations of number learn the meanings of labels for small numbers, like 1, 2, and 3. For example, children who acquire a language with singular-plural marking, like English, are faster to learn the word for 1 than children learning a language that lacks the singular-plural distinction, perhaps because the word for 1 is always used in singular contexts, highlighting its meaning. These studies are problematic, however, because reported differences in number word learning may be due to unmeasured cross-cultural differences rather than specific linguistic differences. To address this problem, we investigated number word learning in four groups of children from a single culture who spoke different dialects of the same language that differed chiefly with respect to how they grammatically mark number. We found that learning a dialect which features “dual” morphology (marking of pairs) accelerated children’s acquisition of the number word two relative to learning a “non-dual” dialect of the same language.
Keywords: števila, številke, slovnično število, dvojina, narečja, usvajanje, učenje, slovenščina, angleščina, numbers, grammatical number, dual, dialects, acquisition, learning, Slovenian, English
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66. Conjunct Agreement and Gender in South Slavic: From Theory to Experiments to TheoryJana Willer Gold, Franc Marušič, Tina Šuligoj, 2016, original scientific article Abstract: Agreement with coordinated subjects in Slavic languages has recently seen a rapid increase in theoretical and experimental approaches, contributing to a wider theoretical discussion on the locus of agreement in grammar (cf. Marušič, Nevins, and Saksida 2007; Bošković 2009; Marušič, Nevins, and Badecker 2015). This paper revisits the theoretical predictions proposed for conjunction agreement in a group of South Slavic languages, with a special focus on gender agreement. The paper is based on two experiments involving speakers of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS) and Slovenian (Sln). Experiment 1 is an elicited production experiment investigating preverbal-conjunct agreement, while Experiment 2 investigates postverbal-conjunct agreement. The data provide experimental evidence discriminating between syntax proper and distributed-agreement models in terms of their ability to account for preverbal highest-conjunct agreement and present a theoretical mechanism for the distinction between default agreement (which has a fixed number and gender, independent of the value of each conjunct) and resolved agreement (which computes number and gender based on the values of each conjunct and must resolve potential conflicts). Focusing on the variability in the gender-agreement ratio across nine combinations, the experimental results for BCS and Sln morphosyntax challenge the notion of gender markedness that is generally posited for South Slavic languages.
Keywords: skladnja, slovenščina, srbohrvaščina, eksperimentalna skladnja, ujemanje, sestavljeni osebek, priderno vezan osebek, ujemanje sestavljenega osebka
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67. Primeri skladenjskega podvajanja veznikov okoli podrednih stavkov v slovenščiniVesna Plesničar, 2016, master's thesis Abstract: V magistrskem delu utemeljim pojav podvajanja veznikov okoli podrednih stavkov v slovenščini kot skladenjski pojav. Predstavim primere vezniškega podvajanja v slovenščini ter primere in analize vezniškega podvajanja v romanskih jezikih (prim. Ledgeway 2005, Paoli 2003, 2006, Mascarenhas 2007, Dagnac 2012, Villa-Garcia 2012, Gonzalez i Planas 2014, Munaro 2015). Predhodno opravljene analize apliciram na slovenske primere. Posredno se dotaknem tudi vprašanja o možnostih stave naslonk v podrednih stavkih na splošno in bolj specifično v konstrukcijah s podvajanjem veznikov okoli podrednih stavkov. Čeprav obstajajo tudi druge analize polja leve periferije (prim. Authier 1992, Lasnik in Saito 1992, Koizumi 1995) in konkretno podvajanih vezniških konstrukcij (prim. McCloskey), predpostavljam, da je razlaga vezniškega podvajanja mogoča zgolj ob predpostavki o obstoju členjene leve periferije (prim. Rizzi 1997). Nadalje izpostavim potrebo po dopolnitvi dosedanjih predlogov za analiziranje konstrukcij s podvajanim veznikom, upoštevajoč tudi slovenske primere. Ugotavljam tudi, da naslonke v slovenščini nimajo točno določene pozicije v stavčni zgradbi (prim. Marušič 2008) ter da je jedro najvišje stavčne projekcije zgolj ena izmed možnih pozicij, v kateri se lahko pojavijo (drugače kot trdijo npr. Franks 1998, Golden in Milojević Sheppard 2000).
Keywords: veznik, vezniško podvajanje, vezniška zveza, podredni stavki, hipoteza o členjeni levi periferiji, naslonke
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69. Can agreement with the linearly closest conjunct be derived in syntax proper?Franc Marušič, Jana Willer Gold, Boban Arsenijević, Andrew Nevins, 2015, published scientific conference contribution abstract Abstract: The recent literature on South Slavic conjunct agreement can be roughly divided into two camps: those trying to model the cases of agreement with linearly closest conjunct, as in the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS) example in (1) (taken from Bošković 2009), within syntax (Bošković 2009, Puškar & Murphy 2015 a.o.) and those claiming this agreement is a result of a postsyntactic operation that occurs after linearization and hence is sensitive to the linear distance between two syntactic elements (among these, Bhatt & Walkow 2013, Marušič et al 2015). We present a strong argument against strictly syntactic theories of conjunct agreement that leverages experimental work on BCS conjunct agreement and builds on data in Aljović & Begović (2015).
Keywords: verb agreement, conjunct agreement, experimental syntax, Slovenian
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70. Beyond Knower Levels: Early partial knowledge of number wordsKatie Wagner, Franc Marušič, Vesna Plesničar, Tina Razboršek, Jessica Sullivan, Rok Žaucer, David Barner, 2015, published scientific conference contribution abstract Abstract: Although both syntax and number words can indicate quantity, only numbers can specify large exact quantities. Do children use
syntax to bootstrap preliminary meanings of number words before mastering precise meanings? We compared errors across
languages on a Give-a-Number task in non-knowers (who have adult meanings for no number words) and subset knowers (who
have adult meanings for fewer than five number words). Participants included learners of English, Spanish, French, and two
dialects of Slovenian. One dialect, Central Slovenian, has rich number morphology including singular, dual, small plural, and large
plural (for 5+). In all languages, subset knowers and some non-knowers demonstrated better than random responding for at least 2
number words beyond the largest number word they comprehended precisely. Additionally, Central Slovenian-learning non- and 1-
knowers responded more accurately to requests for higher numbers than their counterparts in other languages, suggesting that rich
plural marking may bootstrap number word meanings.
Keywords: knower level, grammatical number, acquisition of number words, bootstrapping
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