• Learning island-insensitivity from the input: A corpus analysis of child- And youth-directed text in norwegian 

      Kush, Dave; Sant, Charlotte; Strætkvern, Sunniva Briså (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-20)
      Norwegian allows filler-gap dependencies into relative clauses (RCs) and embedded questions (EQs) – domains that are usually considered islands in other languages. We conducted a corpus study on youth-directed reading material to assess what direct evidence Norwegian children receive for filler-gap dependencies into islands. Results suggest that the input contains examples of filler-gap dependencies ...