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the syntax and semantics of relativization and quantification

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129<br />

(4.43) Context: Maria believes Jose gave <strong>the</strong> book to a child.<br />

[Chay [Marya<br />

that Maria<br />

ña-mi<br />

already-aff<br />

[Juzi<br />

Jose<br />

ri-rka.<br />

leave-past<br />

libru-ta<br />

book-acc<br />

kara-shka]-ta<br />

give-nm-acc<br />

kri-k]<br />

believe-nm<br />

wawa]<br />

child<br />

‘The child that Maria believes Jose gave <strong>the</strong> book to.’ (Cole 1985 p.54 194)<br />

(IQ)<br />

My consultants’ judgment: *<br />

(4.44) Context: Maria said that Juan saw a child.<br />

[[Marya<br />

Marya<br />

[Juan<br />

Juan<br />

wawa-ta<br />

child-acc<br />

riku-shka]-ta<br />

see-nm-acc<br />

ni-shka]]<br />

say-nm<br />

llokshi-rka.<br />

leave-past<br />

‘The child who Maria said that Juan saw left.’ (Cole 1985 p.54 196)<br />

My consultants’ judgment: *<br />

(IQ)<br />

(4.45) Context: Maria said that Juan gave <strong>the</strong> book to a woman.<br />

[[Marya [Juan<br />

Maria Juan<br />

llokshi-rka.<br />

warmi-man<br />

woman-dat<br />

libru-ta<br />

book-acc<br />

kara-shka]-ta<br />

give-nm-acc<br />

ni-shka]]<br />

leave-past<br />

‘The woman who Maria said that Juan gave <strong>the</strong> book to left.’ (Cole 1985<br />

p.54 197) (IQ)<br />

My consultants’ judgment: *<br />

To summarize, for my consultants at least <strong>the</strong>re is a strong condition by which<br />

not only must a relative clause head not be drawn from within a DP, but in fact<br />

it cannot be drawn from a complement clause ei<strong>the</strong>r. Similar facts for CQ were<br />

discussed in Section 3.4.3. Cole’s report differs in that his consultants do allow <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>relativization</strong> <strong>of</strong> an embedded clause non-subject.<br />

The general fact that IQ obeys a DP-isl<strong>and</strong> constraint needs to be explained.<br />

Certainly blocked movement would be a good way to derive <strong>the</strong> ungrammaticality

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