Asymmetrical p-stranding : acceptability data from Spanish-English code-switching
Delgado, Rodrigo (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Estats Units d'Amèrica))
Koronkiewicz, Bryan (University of Alabama (Estats Units d'Amèrica))

Data:	2025
Resum:	This study investigates the availability of preposition stranding (p-stranding) in intrasentential code-switching (CS) among US heritage speakers of Mexican Spanish. P-stranding is allowed in English, but in Spanish the preposition is traditionally pied-piped with the DP. Law (2006) argues Spanish is subject to a syntax-morphology-interface condition, which prevents the extraction of a DP from a PP due to D-to-P incorporation. Previous research has suggested that such incorporation depends upon the features inherent to the preposition, with p-stranding only accepted with Spanish-to-English switches (Koronkiewicz, 2022). We expand on that study since it only included one preposition (with/con). Furthermore, it did not explicitly test pied-piping, nor did it include matrix wh-questions, a common context for p-stranding. Results from a written acceptability judgment task show that the participants: (i) dispreferred p-stranding in Spanish compared to pied-piping; and accepted p-stranding in English more than pied-piping. As for CS, they dispreferred p-stranding for English-to-Spanish compared to pied-piping, while for Spanish-to-English it was the inverse. Overall, these asymmetrical p-stranding results align with previous findings (Koronkiewicz, 2022) further suggesting that it is the language of the preposition that dictates incorporation.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Code-switching ; Bilingualism ; Preposition stranding ; Spanish ; Pied-piping
Publicat a:	Isogloss, Vol. 11 Núm. 4 (2025) , p. 1-25 (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v11-n4-delgado-koronkiewicz
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/isogloss/article/view/v11-n4-delgado-koronkiewicz
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.454

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