Chapter 4. Differential object marking, oblique morphology, and enriched case hierarchies
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Monica Alexandrina Irimia
Abstract
The puzzle of oblique morphology on differentially marked objects (dom) has received renewed attention in the recent formal literature, under two main theoretical lines: (i) oblique syntax for dom (Manzini & Franco 2016, 2019, inter alii; (ii) oblique marking on dom as morphological syncretism (Keine & Müller 2008; Keine 2010; Bárány 2018, inter alii). This paper evaluates the predictions made by these accounts against a limited set of Romance dom varieties, crucially including both dom as dative (Western Romance) and dom as a non-dative adposition (Romanian). A specific syntactic implementation for oblique dom is proposed, building on the idea of additional licensing in certain types of accusatives, combined with enriched case hierarchies (Starke 2017). This not only preserves the advantages of the above-mentioned accounts, but also opens up the path to addressing several less-studied or recalcitrant (micro)variation points.
Abstract
The puzzle of oblique morphology on differentially marked objects (dom) has received renewed attention in the recent formal literature, under two main theoretical lines: (i) oblique syntax for dom (Manzini & Franco 2016, 2019, inter alii; (ii) oblique marking on dom as morphological syncretism (Keine & Müller 2008; Keine 2010; Bárány 2018, inter alii). This paper evaluates the predictions made by these accounts against a limited set of Romance dom varieties, crucially including both dom as dative (Western Romance) and dom as a non-dative adposition (Romanian). A specific syntactic implementation for oblique dom is proposed, building on the idea of additional licensing in certain types of accusatives, combined with enriched case hierarchies (Starke 2017). This not only preserves the advantages of the above-mentioned accounts, but also opens up the path to addressing several less-studied or recalcitrant (micro)variation points.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
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A. Interfaces
- Chapter 1. Picard subject clitics 11
- Chapter 2. A child’s view of Romance modification 35
- Chapter 3. Definite determiners in Romance 57
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B. Bridging issues at the CP-TP-vP levels
- Chapter 4. Differential object marking, oblique morphology, and enriched case hierarchies 81
- Chapter 5. A deletion account of referential null objects in Basque Spanish 97
- Chapter 6. Same EPP, different null subject type 111
- Chapter 7. On (un)grammatical sequences of se s in Spanish 127
- Chapter 8. On the interpretation of the Spanish 1st person plural pronoun 143
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C. Bridging issues at the PP-DP levels
- Chapter 9. French ne … que exceptives in prepositional contexts 163
- Chapter 10. Interpreting reduplicated numerals in Old Ibero-Romance 177
- Chapter 11. Value and cardinality in the evaluation of bare singulars in Brazilian Portuguese 193
- Chapter 12. Formality by distance in Spanish and Catalan 207
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D. Bridging issues in linguistics
- Chapter 13. Cyclical change in affixal negation 225
- Chapter 14. Code-mixing and semantico-pragmatic resources in francophone Maine 243
- Chapter 15. Exceptionality and ungrammaticality in Spanish stress 257
- Index 273
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
-
A. Interfaces
- Chapter 1. Picard subject clitics 11
- Chapter 2. A child’s view of Romance modification 35
- Chapter 3. Definite determiners in Romance 57
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B. Bridging issues at the CP-TP-vP levels
- Chapter 4. Differential object marking, oblique morphology, and enriched case hierarchies 81
- Chapter 5. A deletion account of referential null objects in Basque Spanish 97
- Chapter 6. Same EPP, different null subject type 111
- Chapter 7. On (un)grammatical sequences of se s in Spanish 127
- Chapter 8. On the interpretation of the Spanish 1st person plural pronoun 143
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C. Bridging issues at the PP-DP levels
- Chapter 9. French ne … que exceptives in prepositional contexts 163
- Chapter 10. Interpreting reduplicated numerals in Old Ibero-Romance 177
- Chapter 11. Value and cardinality in the evaluation of bare singulars in Brazilian Portuguese 193
- Chapter 12. Formality by distance in Spanish and Catalan 207
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D. Bridging issues in linguistics
- Chapter 13. Cyclical change in affixal negation 225
- Chapter 14. Code-mixing and semantico-pragmatic resources in francophone Maine 243
- Chapter 15. Exceptionality and ungrammaticality in Spanish stress 257
- Index 273
