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Some researchers suggest the problem isn't grammar, but .
Extracting from a subject might simply be too mentally taxing for the brain to process in real-time. Exceptions and "Parasitic" Gaps Islands
"Who did you see [a picture of ___]?" (The phrase is the object). Some researchers suggest the problem isn't grammar, but
Not all subject islands are equally strong. Some violations become acceptable if they are "saved" by a second gap in the sentence, known as a . Not all subject islands are equally strong
Linguists debate whether these "walls" are built into our mental grammar or caused by how we process information. 1. The Architectural View
A occurs when the grammatical subject of a sentence acts as one of these barriers. In English, you can usually extract a word from the object of a sentence, but doing the same to the subject results in an ill-formed "island violation".
