Romance Linguistics 2007: Selected Papers from the 37th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Pittsburgh, 15-18 March 2007

Romance Linguistics 2007......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
FOREWORD......Page 8
1. Introduction......Page 10
2. Phi-features (agreement) as a Case prerequisite......Page 11
3. Phasal features and Case......Page 13
4. Null expletives and Case......Page 15
5. Analysis: a case study on Romanian......Page 18
6. NOM-ACC variation within NELs: Ancient Greek and Old Italian......Page 22
References......Page 24
1. Introduction......Page 28
2. Previous Studies......Page 29
3. OF......Page 31
4. Analysis of OF......Page 36
5. Evolution from OF to MF......Page 40
6. Conclusion......Page 42
References......Page 43
1. Introduction......Page 46
2. The case of en and y climbing and ‘easy-to-please’ constructions......Page 48
3. French and the restructuring/non-restructuring distinction......Page 52
4. On the cross-linguistic status of restructuring......Page 56
References......Page 57
1. Introduction......Page 60
2. Data......Page 61
3. Variation in the syllabification of prevocalic /w/ in JS and MS......Page 65
4. The avoidance of labialized coronals in JS......Page 68
5. Theoretical comparisons and implications......Page 71
References......Page 73
WORD ORDER AND MINIMALISM......Page 78
References......Page 93
Appendix......Page 94
1. Introduction......Page 98
2. OF clitic pronouns......Page 99
3. OF verb-second......Page 104
4. OT analysis of OF clitic-second and verb-second......Page 106
5. Conclusion......Page 110
References......Page 111
1. Introduction......Page 114
2. A typological view......Page 115
3. Negative concord in Romanian......Page 117
4. Positive polarity in Romanian......Page 119
5. Interpreting negative and positive polarity - resumptive quantification......Page 124
6. Conclusions and further issues......Page 127
References......Page 128
1. Correlativization......Page 130
2. Basic structural facts......Page 132
3. Arguments for a movement analysis......Page 134
4. The semantics of degree correlatives......Page 139
5. Correlation and dependence......Page 144
6. Conclusion......Page 147
References......Page 148
1. Old Spanish root vowel morphology......Page 152
2. The Old Spanish imperfect in -ie......Page 154
3. The current study......Page 156
4. Results......Page 158
5. Discussion......Page 160
6. Conclusion......Page 163
References......Page 164
1. Overview......Page 166
2. The Puzzle......Page 167
3. The Analysis......Page 170
4. Licensing NPIs in comparatives......Page 176
References......Page 179
1. Introduction......Page 182
2. Competence, performance and variation in L1......Page 183
3. Less systematic variation, L1 and L2......Page 186
4. Advanced interlanguage......Page 193
References......Page 197
1. Introduction......Page 202
2. Verbs and palatalisation......Page 204
3. Nouns and palatalisation......Page 206
4. Conclusions......Page 214
References......Page 215
1. Introduction......Page 218
2. Antisymmetry, reconstruction, and relative clauses......Page 219
3. Analysis......Page 224
4. Further evidence from relative clauses headed by prepositional phrases......Page 226
5. Conclusion......Page 232
References......Page 233
1. Introduction......Page 236
2. Verbi Sintagmatici: A Quirk in Romance languages?......Page 240
3. A P-Cognation Analysis of Path Complements in Romance......Page 243
4. English Phrasal Verbs and the Germanic Co-event Pattern: ‘Unselected Object Constructions’ Revisited......Page 246
5. Concluding remarks......Page 248
References......Page 249
1. Introduction......Page 252
2. Pitch accents in Spanish: Phonetic or phonological?......Page 253
3. Methodology......Page 256
4. Results......Page 259
5. Discussion......Page 264
6. Conclusions......Page 266
References......Page 267
Appendix......Page 269
2. Theoretical Background......Page 270
3. The Experiment......Page 273
4. Results......Page 276
5. Conclusions......Page 280
References......Page 282
1. Introduction......Page 286
2. Background......Page 287
3. Experiment......Page 290
4. General Discussion......Page 293
5. Conclusion......Page 296
References......Page 297
Appendix......Page 298
1. Introduction......Page 300
2. Surface Linear Order and Hierarchical Structure in Spanish DPs......Page 301
4. An analysis......Page 304
5. Conclusion......Page 313
References......Page 314
1. Introduction......Page 316
2. The Phenomenon of Palatalization (PAL)......Page 317
3. The Role of Clitics......Page 319
4. The Domain of Palatalization (PAL) in Romanian......Page 323
5. Conclusions......Page 326
References......Page 327
1. Introduction......Page 330
2. Data......Page 331
4. Articulation: formalizing productive knowledge......Page 333
5. Perception: formalizing receptive knowledge......Page 338
6. Concluding remarks......Page 342
References......Page 343
1. The Issue......Page 348
2. The left-edge in Old Spanish......Page 350
3. The left-edge in Modern Standard Spanish......Page 351
4. What sits in the Ext-I projection?......Page 353
5. Formalizing the Ext-I projection......Page 356
6. Consequences of the Proposal......Page 358
References......Page 363
INDEX OF TERMS & CONCEPTS......Page 368
The series CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY......Page 372