Romance Linguistics: Theoretical Perspectives. Selected Papers from the 27th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL XXVII), Irvine, 20–22 February, 1997

ROMANCE LINGUISTICS
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
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Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 6
Table of contents......Page 8
1. Null objects in Old French......Page 10
1.2 Null objects in coordination structures......Page 11
1.3 Ecrasement structures......Page 12
2. On the nature of null objects
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3. On the nature of null objects in Old French......Page 14
4. A Minimalist analysis of object pro in Old French
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5. Conclusion......Page 18
REFERENCES......Page 19
0. Introduction......Page 22
1.2 Overapplication......Page 23
1.3 Transderivational Correspondence Theory (TCT)
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2.1 Complementary distribution......Page 27
3. Summary and conclusion......Page 29
REFERENCES......Page 31
1. Plural DS: The basic facts......Page 34
1.1 English......Page 35
1.2 Spanish......Page 36
1.3 The problem......Page 37
2.1 Clausal architecture: V-movement and postverbal subjects
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2.2 DS\'s internal structure
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2.3 Sentential operators: generic and existential
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3.1 Verb movement and its interaction with Gen and 3
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3.2 Confirmation: The case of Hebrew.
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4. Summary and conclusions
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REFERENCES......Page 48
0. Introduction......Page 50
2. Current relevance......Page 52
3. The 24-hour rule......Page 55
4. Requirement of an existing topic......Page 56
5. Event Time modification......Page 57
6. Agreement......Page 59
REFERENCES......Page 60
0. The Fregean view of declaratives and speaker-oriented adverbs
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1. Speaker-oriented adverbs and Spanish la verdad constructions
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2. The structure of la verdad constructions......Page 68
3. The domain of assertion......Page 73
REFERENCES......Page 74
0. Introduction......Page 76
1. N/A of a N contexts in Spanish......Page 77
1.2 Demonstratives......Page 78
2. Agreement patterns in N/A of a N DP\'s
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3. The structure of N/A of a N DP\'s......Page 80
3.1 N/A of a N DP\'s and relative clauses......Page 81
4. Agreement patterns in N/A of a N DP\'s and copular sentences
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4.2 On the structure of complex predicates of kind-membership
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5.1 Licensing of Proper Names in N/A of a N Contexts......Page 86
6. Subject Licensing in N/A of a N DP\'s......Page 87
7. Conclusion......Page 88
REFERENCES......Page 89
0. Introduction......Page 90
1. The data and previous analyses......Page 91
2.1 Extraposition......Page 93
2.2 Some background on theticity......Page 95
2.3.1 Incomplete attributive descriptions
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3. Reassessing the problem......Page 98
4.1 Quantification and attributive definite descriptions......Page 99
5. Attributives and substitutional quantification......Page 101
6. Conclusions......Page 102
REFERENCES......Page 103
0. Introduction......Page 106
1. Negation in child Catalan......Page 107
2. Strictly syntactic accounts......Page 108
3. Independent morphological accounts......Page 111
4. Discussion......Page 116
REFERENCES......Page 117
0. Introduction......Page 120
1. Groundwork......Page 122
1.2 Internal morphology of verb forms......Page 124
1.3 Internal morphology of clitics......Page 126
2.1 Basic mechanisms......Page 128
2.2.1 Negative imperatives......Page 129
2.2.2 A hierarchy of clitics......Page 130
2.2.3 Infinitives and gerunds......Page 132
2.2.4 Clitic clusters......Page 133
3. Wrap-up......Page 134
REFERENCES......Page 135
0. Introduction......Page 138
1.1 The category of the verb......Page 139
1.2 Restrictions on the subjunctive clause......Page 140
1.3 Other restrictions......Page 141
2.2 Silent expletive pro......Page 143
3.1 The role of focus
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4. Conclusion......Page 148
REFERENCES......Page 149
0. Introduction......Page 152
1. The subjunctive operator and the nature of Comp
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2. Mood Phrase and complementizer deletion......Page 157
3. Case checking, binding, and tense......Page 158
REFERENCES......Page 162
0. Sonority......Page 164
1. The problem: syllable structure and the SSG in Emilian
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2. A litmus test for syllable structure......Page 166
3.1 Fast-speech resyllabification in French
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3.2 Empirical evidence for onset structure in southern Emilian
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4. Conclusion......Page 174
REFERENCES......Page 177
0. Negative elements as Negative Polarity Items (NPI)
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1. Mutual licensing of NPI and negator......Page 182
2. Condition on feature specification......Page 184
REFERENCES......Page 190
0. Introduction......Page 192
1. Norman assibilation......Page 194
2. Lorrain affrication and palatalization......Page 200
REFERENCES......Page 203
0. Introduction......Page 206
1.2 Anaphora in Coordination Structures......Page 208
1.3 Answers to yes-no questions......Page 209
2. Bare complements to verbs of affective attitude
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3. A null definite determiner in Portuguese
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4. Pronouns as determiners......Page 217
5. Conclusion......Page 219
REFERENCES......Page 220
1. Object clitics in adult Italian......Page 222
2. Predictions regarding Italian child language......Page 225
3. Methods......Page 227
4. Results and discussion......Page 228
5. Conclusion......Page 232
REFERENCES......Page 233
0. Introduction......Page 234
1.1 Expressed and null subjects and placement of expressed subjects
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1.2 Null complementizer/relative pronoun que \'that\'
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1.3 Lexico-syntactic calques
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2. Beyond Los Angeles......Page 244
3. Discussion and conclusion......Page 249
REFERENCES......Page 252
0. Introduction......Page 256
1. Expletives in pro-drop languages......Page 257
2. The nature of the problem......Page 259
3.1 Apparent Single Expletive (Subject) Constructions (SEC)......Page 260
3.2 Examples of SEC......Page 261
3.3 Properties of SEC......Page 263
3.4.1 The Multiple Subject Construction......Page 265
3.4.2. The Interrogative Expletive Construction (IEC)......Page 268
3.5 The complementizer expletive construction......Page 270
REFERENCES......Page 276
1. French......Page 280
2. Problems......Page 281
3. Alternative......Page 282
5. Reduced relatives......Page 283
5.2 Present and past participles......Page 284
5.3 Adjectives ending in-ble......Page 285
5.4 Transitive adjectives......Page 286
5.6 Simple adjectives......Page 287
7. Theoretical consequences......Page 289
REFERENCES......Page 290
0. Possession in cognition......Page 292
1. Every term can be relational......Page 297
2. The syntax of possession......Page 301
3. Paradigmatic gaps......Page 306
4. Towards a semantics for possession......Page 310
5. A word on standard possession......Page 313
6. Conclusion......Page 314
REFERENCES......Page 315
0. Introduction......Page 316
1. Methodology and the quantitative analysis......Page 318
2. Implications: Theoretical issues in language contact......Page 319
3.1 Pragmatic permeability......Page 320
3.2 Transfer involving motion verbs, demonstratives, and locatives in Catalan Spanish
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5.1 Rhematization in Catalan......Page 323
5.2 Rhematization in Spanish......Page 324
REFERENCES......Page 325
1. The properties of direct object ce......Page 328
2.1 Object Shift in the Germanic languages......Page 331
2.2 Short and long shift in Old and Middle French
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3. Accounting for Object Shift in Old and Middle French
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3.1 Short shift with infinitival verbs......Page 335
3.2 Short shift with periphrastic verbs......Page 336
3.3 Long Object Shift......Page 337
4. Conclusion......Page 339
REFERENCES......Page 340
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 342
LANGUAGE INDEX......Page 346
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 349