@article {7394, title = {Factivity and complementizer omission in English embedding gapping}, year = {2022}, pages = {1-38}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Taking as a starting point the variation in introspective judgments on embedded gapping in English in the literature, the main goal of this paper is to test the \‘No Embedding Constraint\’ experimentally. Building on a first experimental study designed to measure the interaction between that-omission and factivity in English embedded complement clauses, we conducted two experiments testing the role of the complementizer in embedded gapping, paying special attention to the semantic nature of the matrix predicates (non-factives vs. semi-factives vs. true factives). Our results show, on the one hand, that the \‘No Embedding Constraint\’ makes too strong claims that are not backed up by our experimental findings, and, on the other hand, that embedded gapping is affected by both the presence/absence of that and by the semantic class of the matrix predicate in English. In particular, embedded gapping seems to be more acceptable under non-factive verbs, especially in the absence of a complementizer. Both constraints (that-omission and factivity) can be accounted for by a constructionist fragment-based analysis, where the gapped clause is a non-finite phrase that has to address the same QUD (Question-Under-Discussion) as its source. This explains, in turn, why embedded gapping under true factive predicates is considered significantly less acceptable. We show that the acceptable cases of embedded gapping involve true syntactic embedding (so, the matrix clause has no parenthetical use). We conclude that English has the same sensitivity to the semantic class of the matrix predicate as other languages, but that the requirements on the presence/absence of that are English specific.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226722000445}, author = {Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie and Israel de la Fuente and Anne Abeill{\'e}} } @inbook {7096, title = {Symmetric but non-complementary: Gradient paradigmatic opposition in binding}, booktitle = {Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics 14}, year = {2022}, pages = {165-187}, url = {http://www.cssp.cnrs.fr/eiss14/eiss14_lesage_bonami.pdf}, author = {Suzanne Lesage and Olivier Bonami}, editor = {Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie and Berthold Crysmann and Gerhard Schaden} } @inbook {4447, title = {A Romance perspective on gapping constructions}, booktitle = {Romance perspectives on construction grammar}, year = {2014}, pages = {227-267}, publisher = {John Benjamins}, organization = {John Benjamins}, issn = {9789027204370}, doi = {10.1075/cal.15}, author = {Anne Abeill{\'e} and Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie and Fran{\c c}ois Mouret and H. Boas and F. Gonzalvez Garcia} } @conference {BilbiieGazdik12, title = {Hybrid Coordination in Hungarian and Romanian}, year = {2012}, keywords = {C-COM}, author = {Anna Gazdik and Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie}, editor = {Christopher Pinon} } @inbook {bilbiiewinterstein10, title = {Expressing Contrast in Romanian: the conjunction {\textquoteright}iar{\textquoteright}}, booktitle = {Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2009. Selected papers from {\textquoteright}Going Romance{\textquoteright} Nice 2009.}, series = {RLLT}, volume = {3}, year = {2011}, pages = {1{\textendash}18}, publisher = {John Benjamins}, organization = {John Benjamins}, address = {Amsterdam}, keywords = {C-ACTI}, author = {Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie and Gr{\'e}goire Winterstein}, editor = {Janine Berns and Haike Jacobs and Tobias Scheer} } @mastersthesis {1042, title = {Grammaire des constructions elliptiques. Une {\'e}tude comparative des phrases sans verbe en roumain et en fran{\c c}ais.}, volume = {PhD}, year = {2011}, month = {11/2011}, pages = {371}, school = {Universit{\'e} Paris Diderot-Paris 7}, type = {mastersTh{\`e}se Doctorat}, address = {Paris}, abstract = {

Dans cette th\èse, j\’ai d\évelopp\é un fragment de grammaire qui rend compte des propri\ét\és majeures de deux constructions elliptiques (auxquelles \«\ manque\ \» la t\ête verbale), appel\ées respectivement gapping (1a) et ajouts relatifs averbaux (1b).

(1) \  \ a\ \ \ \ Jean aime les pommes [et\ Marie les bananes].

\  \  \  \  b\ \ \ \ Plusieurs personnes sont venues cette semaine, [dont\ Marie (hier)].

La proposition centrale d\éfendue\ ici est que les phrases elliptiques dans le cas des coordinations \à gapping et dans celui des ajouts relatifs averbaux ne peuvent pas \être align\ées sur le fonctionnement d\’une phrase verbale ordinaire. Leurs propri\ét\és syntaxiques et s\émantiques montrent qu\’elles ne sont pas d\ériv\ées \à partir d\’une phrase compl\ète. Une analyse en termes de reconstruction syntaxique du mat\ériel manquant est donc inad\équate. Par cons\équent, la phrase elliptique dans les deux types de structures mentionn\és comporte un mode d\’organisation syntaxique sp\écifique et doit avoir un statut ind\épendant dans la grammaire, \à savoir le statut d\’une\ phrase fragmentaire, c\’est-\à-dire d\’une unit\é syntaxique ayant un contenu de type message, mais dont la syntaxe est incompl\ète. Cette th\èse apporte de nouveaux arguments en faveur d\’une reconstruction plut\ôt s\émantique avec des contraintes de parall\élisme, cf. Ginzburg \& Sag (2000), Culicover \& Jackendoff (2005).Dans cette th\èse, j\’ai d\évelopp\é un fragment de grammaire qui rend compte des propri\ét\és majeures de deux constructions elliptiques (auxquelles \«\ manque\ \» la t\ête verbale), appel\ées respectivement gapping (1a) et ajouts relatifs averbaux (1b).

}, keywords = {AP}, author = {Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie} } @article {1044, title = {Towards a Non-elliptical Analysis of Verbless Relative Adjuncts}, journal = {Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics}, volume = {12}, year = {2010}, month = {2010}, chapter = {51}, author = {Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie and Laurens, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric} } @article {1047, title = {Against Syntactic Reconstruction in Romanian Gapping}, journal = {Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics}, volume = {11}, year = {2009}, month = {2009}, chapter = {119}, author = {Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie} } @inproceedings {1045, title = {A Construction-based Analysis of Verbless Relative Adjuncts in French and Romanian}, year = {2009}, month = {2009}, publisher = {Stanford: CSLI Publications}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen, Germany}, keywords = {C-ACTI}, author = {Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie and Laurens, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric}, editor = {Stefan M{\"u}ller} } @inproceedings {1046, title = {A Syntactic Account of Romanian Correlative Coordination from a Romance Perspective}, year = {2008}, month = {2008}, publisher = {Stanford: CSLI Publications}, address = {Keyhanna, Japan}, keywords = {C-ACTI}, author = {Gabriela B{\^\i}lb{\^\i}ie}, editor = {Stefan M{\"u}ller} }