Türkçede İlgi Tümceciği Adası Dışına Yapılan Taşımalar Üzerine Bir İnceleme
A Study on the Movements out of Relative Clause Island in Turkish

Summary/Abstract: According to the Late Adjunction Hypothesis (Stepanov, 2001; 2007; Fox, 2002; Boskovic, 2004; Henderson, 2007), adjuncts merge into the derivation later than arguments. Therefore, it is not possible to move anything out of such structures. The findings of the studies (Gürel ve Çele, 2011, İnce, 2012, Çakır, 2018) that focus on the movements out of relative clause island structures match up with the claims of the Late Adjunction Hypothesis. On the other hand, Hoffman (1995, pp. 56-57) claims that even strong island structures such as the Relative Clause Island Constraint can be bypassed in Turkish in the cases where overt pronouns are used. The present study focuses on such structures. The data of the study were collected from 93 participants through a Grammaticality Judgment Test consisting of 18 items, and a Self-paced Reading Task consisting of 9 items. The findings of the study support the assertions of the Late Adjunction Hypothesis. It is not possible to move anything out of a relative clause no matter the main clause in which it exists contains an overt pronoun or another noun phrase in its subject position. Yet, it is noticeable that the movements out of relative clauses are relatively more acceptable in the cases where an overt pronoun exists in the subject position of the main clause. The reason for this situation might be related with the fact that the overt pronouns are deleted while being processed in the mind. As the findings of the study suggest, the ungrammaticality in such cases becomes more explicit when the overt pronouns are replaced with other noun phrases.

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