16.3603, Sum: References: Optional Word Omission, That-omission

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Date: 15-Dec-2005
From: Florian Jaeger < tiflo at csli.stanford.edu >
Subject: References: Optional Word Omission, That-omission 

	
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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:04:22
From: Florian Jaeger < tiflo at csli.stanford.edu >
Subject: References: Optional Word Omission, That-omission 
 

Regarding query: http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-3525.html#2

Thanks to everyone who send me comments on the literature on that-omission
(pls, send me more if you still find more).
?	Louise McNally
?	Rena Torres Cacoullos
?	John Lawler
?	Wayles Brown
?	Peyton Todd

I have split up the references into four categories: that-omission in (to
the best of my knowledge)
?	Complement clauses: [5, 8, 9, 21-23, 27, 28]
?	Non-subject-extracted relative clauses: [1-3, 7, 10-12, 16-20, 24-26, 29,
30, 32]
?	Subject-extracted relative/contact clauses: [1, 6, 7]
?	Both complement and relative clause: [4, 13-15, 31]

I am sure there is much more on the variationist/sociolinguistic side of
things. Tagliamonte et al. 2005 contains a lot of references in that
direction. Bolinger 1972 contains references to older work (yes, I should
have mentioned that I was aware of Bolinger's work ;-)). If there were
several papers by the same author(s) on the same issue, I have listed the
most recent one. Thanks again for all the helpful information.


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[18]	Jaeger, T. F., & Wasow, T. (2005). Processing as the Source of
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Exceptions in Grammar Workshop at the 27th Annual Meeting of the German
Linguistic Association, Cologne. 

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