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Syntactic Islands

Syntactic Islands is a theoretical construct in minimalist syntax that identifies certain syntactic configurations as domains from which constituents cannot be extracted, thereby constraining long-distance dependency formation due to structural barriers inherent to phases and bounding nodes.

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<b>Deep and surface structure constraints in syntax</b> . By David M. Perlmutter. New York: Holt, Rinehart &amp; Winston, 1971. Pp. xiii, 137. $6.50.

Marı́a Luisa Rivero · Language · 1973 · 671 citations

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The Blackwell Companion to Syntax

H.G.A. Hughes · Reference Reviews · 2006 · 571 citations

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Cognitive Constraints and Island Effects

Philip Hofmeister, Ivan A. Sag · Language · 2010 · 497 citations · Full text

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Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics 13

Christopher Piñón, Laurent Roussarie · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2020 · 495 citations

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Weak islands and an algebraic semantics for scope taking

Anna Szabolcsi, Frans Zwarts · Natural Language Semantics · 1993 · 485 citations

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Authors

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  1. JS
    Jon Sprouse

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    9 publications · 814 citations

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  2. DK
    Dave Kush

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    6 publications · 205 citations

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  3. PW
    Peter W. Culicover

    The Ohio State University, United States

    4 publications · 259 citations

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  4. AO
    Akira Omaki

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    4 publications · 290 citations

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  5. AM
    Anne Mette Nyvad

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    4 publications · 213 citations

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Institutions

161

  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    455 citations

  3. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    596 citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    523 citations

  5. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    158 citations

  6. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    628 citations

  7. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    127 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    93 citations

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Venues

  1. Linguistic Inquiry

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Language

    17 publications · 2.8K citations

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  3. Syntax

    7 publications · 772 citations

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  4. Journal of Linguistics

    7 publications · 351 citations

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  5. The Linguistic Review

    7 publications · 268 citations

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