13.2695, Qs: 'The Pear Story', Wh-Movement

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Subject: 13.2695, Qs: 'The Pear Story', Wh-Movement

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1)
Date:  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:32:56 +0300
From:  "Pepi Stamouli" <pstam at ilsp.gr>
Subject:  query about 'the Pear story'

2)
Date:  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 04:29:20 +0000
From:  Toru Ishii <tishii at kisc.meiji.ac.jp>
Subject:  WCO and Subjunctive

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:32:56 +0300
From:  "Pepi Stamouli" <pstam at ilsp.gr>
Subject:  query about 'the Pear story'

I'd like to know how one goes about getting an actual copy of the film
(and if possible, also a video) of "The Pear Story", the film that the
text-analytic studies were based on.

As I understand it, the film was made on a grant to Wallace Chafe from
some public agency in the U.S., and should therefore be in the public
domain.  But I may be wrong.

If anyone knows how I can order a copy, please let me know.

I appreciate your help,

 Thank you in advance,

p.


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 04:29:20 +0000
From:  Toru Ishii <tishii at kisc.meiji.ac.jp>
Subject:  WCO and Subjunctive

Dear All,

There are two questions I'd like to ask you concerning WH-movement.

First, Mahajan (1992) observes the following contrast in acceptability
regarding the WCO:

(1)  a.  John, I think his mother likes [t].
         (where ''John'' = ''his'')
     b.???John, his mother thinks that Mary likes [t].
         (where ''John'' = ''his'')

I'd like to know whether such a contrast can also be observed in the
following pairs of sentences:

(2) a.  Who do you think that his teacher scolded [t] in yesterday's
geology class?
     b.  Who do his teacher think that Mary scoled [t] in yesterday's
geology class?

(3)  a.  (Among the students in this classroom)
         Which student do you think that his teacher scolded [t] in
yesterday's geology class?
     b.  (Among the students in this classroom)
          Which student does his teacher think that Mary scolded [t]
in yesterday's geology class?

(4)  a.  (Among the students in this classroom)
         Which student do you think that his teacher talked to [t] on
the phone last night?
     b.  (Among the students in this classroom)
         Which student does his teacher think that Mary talked to [t]
on the phone last night?

(5)  a.  (Among the laywers in this courtroom)
         Which laywer do you think that his client went for [t] with
knife in the courtroom yesterday?
     b.  (Among the laywers in this courtroom)
         Which laywer does his client remember that Mary went for [t]
with knife in the courtroom yesterday?

Second, Boeck (2001) observes that no wh-island effects emerge when
the indirect questions are subjunctive.  I'd like to know whether this
generalization on the right track, i.e., whether the following
examples are good:

(6) Which of the new books do you wonder [when you should buy [t]]?

(7) Which of the students do you wonder [when you should talk to [t]]?

(8) Which of the companies do you wonder [when you should go to [t]]?

I'll post a summary if I get enough response.  Thanks.

Toru Ishii
Meiji University
Tokyo, JAPAN

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