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<p>Dear colleagues,</p>
<p>We are happy to announce that Timea Szarvas (University of
Potsdam) will give a talk in the Theoretical Linguistics
Colloquium on Friday, November 7, 16:00-17:30, Seminarraum 3,
Sensengasse 3A. </p>
<p>Title and abstract are below; all further information can be
found on our website:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.google.com/view/totlvienna/upcoming">https://sites.google.com/view/totlvienna/upcoming</a></p>
<p>As always, we'll be heading out for dinner and drinks afterwards.</p>
<p>We're looking forward to seeing many of you there,<br>
Iva, Valerie & Lena</p>
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<p><i><b>Title: </b></i><span lang="EN-GB">The limits of principle C
reconstruction in multi-gap dependencies</span></p>
<p><b><i>Abstract: </i></b><span lang="EN-GB">Principle C
reconstruction supposedly reveals the syntactic link between the
filler and each gap in across-the-board and parasitic gap
dependencies. However, the reported outcomes of the diagnostic
conflict, giving rise to various syntactic `tools’ to derive
multi-gap dependencies. I present a series of coreference
judgment experiments reproducing patterns that were previously
taken to indicate an asymmetry between the two gaps of each
construction. Crucially, inter-individual variability shows that
this asymmetry does not result from an absence of reconstruction
to the non-initial gap, but rather from a decrease of the
already compromised robustness of the effect with increased
linear distance. Since these data are thus orthogonal to the
underlying syntax of ATB and parasitic gaps, claims relying
primarily on them lose empirical support.</span></p>
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<b>Dr. Magdalena Lohninger</b><br>
<i>University of Salzburg<br>
Department of Linguistics<br>
UNI-PARK Nonntal, 3.427<br>
Erzabt-Klotz Straße 1<br>
5020 Salzburg, Austria</i><br>
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<a href="url">magdalena.lohninger@plus.ac.at</a><br>
<a href="url">https://lenalohninger.wordpress.com/</a><br>
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