Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2006: Selected Papers from 'Going Romance', Amsterdam, 7-9 December 2006

Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2006......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
FOREWORD......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
1. Deg-heads and Q heads in Spanish......Page 10
2. Two series of degree expressions in Spanish......Page 13
3. So-pronominalization and Much-support......Page 14
4. Two accounts of the distribution of Deg-heads and Q-heads......Page 15
5. Unpronounced MUCH and the distribution of degree expressions in Spanish......Page 18
6. Unpronounced MUCH and degree adverbials in English......Page 21
7. Conclusion......Page 22
References......Page 23
1. Introduction......Page 26
2. Arguments against você as an expletive......Page 29
3. Theoretical pressupositions......Page 31
4. Pieces of evidence......Page 34
6. Conclusion......Page 39
References......Page 40
1. Introduction......Page 42
2. The classification of adjectives – A proposal......Page 43
3. Relative and intentional adjectives are kind-level......Page 47
4. The syntax of an adjective entirely follows from its and denotation......Page 49
5. On nominal peripheries......Page 52
6. The n*- versus the d*-periphery......Page 56
7. The isomorphic structure of the two peripheries; P-features......Page 57
References......Page 59
1. N+N compounding between syntax and morphology......Page 62
2. Two classes of N+N compounds......Page 65
3. Juxtaposition genitive in Old French and Occitan......Page 67
4. Juxtaposition genitive in Old Italian and in Modern Italian dialects......Page 71
5. Some remarks on genitive compounds in Frisian......Page 76
References......Page 78
Sources......Page 80
1. Introduction......Page 82
2. The function words under analysis......Page 83
4. Results......Page 84
5. Discussion......Page 88
6. An Optimal Theoretic analysis of Italian vowel elision......Page 92
References......Page 95
1. The stressed phonological system of Salento......Page 98
2. Our research in Southern Salento: aims, methods and acoustic analysis......Page 101
3. The stressed vowels of Southern Salento and their internal processes......Page 102
4. A possible phonological analysis of the micro-parametric variation......Page 107
5. An attempt to incorporate phonetics in phonological analysis......Page 111
6. Conclusions......Page 115
References......Page 116
1. Introduction......Page 120
2. Romance Lenition: Diachronic and synchronic facts......Page 121
3. Previous analyses......Page 124
4. Lenition and Comparative Markedness......Page 129
References......Page 134
1. Introduction......Page 136
2. Method......Page 139
3. Results......Page 140
4. Analysis......Page 145
References......Page 149
1. Introduction......Page 152
2. NCIs in Hungarian......Page 155
3. Proposal......Page 156
4. Conclusion......Page 165
References......Page 166
1. Appositive vs. non-appositive sentences......Page 168
2. Syntactic representations of coordination......Page 172
3. The Set-Merge approach to coordination and the c-command effects......Page 173
4. Pair-Merge and syntactic structure of appositive coordination......Page 176
5. Appositives as parenthetical adjuncts and the blocking of c-command......Page 177
References......Page 181
1. Introduction......Page 184
2. Sluicing with P-stranding in Spanish and BP......Page 185
3. The proposal......Page 186
4. Support for the analysis......Page 188
5. Refining aspects of the analysis: Empty-Headed and Free Relatives......Page 199
6. Conclusion......Page 203
References......Page 205
Acknowledgements......Page 206
Appendix: French Data......Page 207
ANOTHER LOOK AT WH-Q UESTIONS IN ROMANCE......Page 208
Introduction......Page 209
1. A Reminder: Wh-Configurations of the Illasi Type(Poletto & Pollock 2004b)......Page 210
2. Mendrisiotto......Page 212
3. Analysing the Various Wh-Paradigms of Mendrisiotto......Page 217
4. In situ Wh-Questions in French......Page 228
5. On ‘Ce que’ questions, ‘Can’t Find the Value’ Questions, Expanded Interrogative Pronouns and Related Topics in French Interrogative Syntax......Page 245
6. Concluding remarks......Page 264
References......Page 265
INDEX OF SUBJECTS & TERMS......Page 268
The series CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY......Page 272