Chapter 3. Movement and resumption in null possessor constructions in Brazilian Portuguese
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Simone Floripi
Abstract
In this paper we examine null possessor constructions in Brazilian Portuguese, which display an anaphoric behavior in some contexts but a pronominal behavior in others. We show that in absence of islands separating a null possessor from its antecedent, null possessors display properties of obligatory control and, following Hornstein (2001), we analyze these instances of null possessors as traces of movement to θ-positions. Assuming with Hornstein (2001, 2007) that movement is derivationally more economical than pronominalization, we then argue that null possessors exhibit a pronominal behavior only when they sit in a position from which a licit A-movement operation cannot be launched.
Abstract
In this paper we examine null possessor constructions in Brazilian Portuguese, which display an anaphoric behavior in some contexts but a pronominal behavior in others. We show that in absence of islands separating a null possessor from its antecedent, null possessors display properties of obligatory control and, following Hornstein (2001), we analyze these instances of null possessors as traces of movement to θ-positions. Assuming with Hornstein (2001, 2007) that movement is derivationally more economical than pronominalization, we then argue that null possessors exhibit a pronominal behavior only when they sit in a position from which a licit A-movement operation cannot be launched.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
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Introduction
- Chapter 1. Brazilian Portuguese under minimalist lenses 3
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Part I. Movement and empty category issues
- Chapter 2. Null subjects and finite control in Brazilian Portuguese 17
- Chapter 3. Movement and resumption in null possessor constructions in Brazilian Portuguese 51
- Chapter 4. Patterns of extraction out of factive Islands in Brazilian Portuguese 69
- Chapter 5. A Uniform raising analysis for standard and nonstandard relative clauses in Brazilian Portuguese 93
- Chapter 6. Stress shift as a diagnostics for identifying empty categories in Brazilian Portuguese 121
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Part II. Issues on the syntax-morphology interface
- Chapter 7. The comitative-copular basis of possessive-existential constructions in Brazilian Portuguese 139
- Chapter 8. Topicalization of verbal projections in Brazilian Portuguese 161
- Chapter 9. Preposition contraction and morphological sideward movement in Brazilian Portuguese 191
- Chapter 10. Lack of morphological identity and ellipsis resolution in Brazilian Portuguese 215
- Author index 237
- Language index 239
- Subject index 241
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
-
Introduction
- Chapter 1. Brazilian Portuguese under minimalist lenses 3
-
Part I. Movement and empty category issues
- Chapter 2. Null subjects and finite control in Brazilian Portuguese 17
- Chapter 3. Movement and resumption in null possessor constructions in Brazilian Portuguese 51
- Chapter 4. Patterns of extraction out of factive Islands in Brazilian Portuguese 69
- Chapter 5. A Uniform raising analysis for standard and nonstandard relative clauses in Brazilian Portuguese 93
- Chapter 6. Stress shift as a diagnostics for identifying empty categories in Brazilian Portuguese 121
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Part II. Issues on the syntax-morphology interface
- Chapter 7. The comitative-copular basis of possessive-existential constructions in Brazilian Portuguese 139
- Chapter 8. Topicalization of verbal projections in Brazilian Portuguese 161
- Chapter 9. Preposition contraction and morphological sideward movement in Brazilian Portuguese 191
- Chapter 10. Lack of morphological identity and ellipsis resolution in Brazilian Portuguese 215
- Author index 237
- Language index 239
- Subject index 241
