Putting in Order the Spanish DP
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Emma Ticio Quesada
Abstract
PP arguments within Spanish DPs can appear in any order to the right of the N. However, PP arguments display a strict hierarchical relation (i.e., possessors ccommand agents and agents c-command objects) well documented in binding relations and extraction possibilities out of Spanish DPs. Previous analyses (Torrego 1987; Ormazabal 1991; Ticio 2003, 2005, among others) have postulated structures displaying their specifiers to the right, stylistic movements, or massive overt movements to capture the divergence between hierarchical and phonological orders. I argue that none of these additional mechanisms are needed to explain the disparity between hierarchical and phonological orders in the Spanish DP. I propose that the different properties of argumental PPs and chain resolution at the phonological interface account for the differences in hierarchical and surface orders. The analysis also makes important predictions borne out by some other less studied data, such as nominal ellipsis and partial cliticization.
Abstract
PP arguments within Spanish DPs can appear in any order to the right of the N. However, PP arguments display a strict hierarchical relation (i.e., possessors ccommand agents and agents c-command objects) well documented in binding relations and extraction possibilities out of Spanish DPs. Previous analyses (Torrego 1987; Ormazabal 1991; Ticio 2003, 2005, among others) have postulated structures displaying their specifiers to the right, stylistic movements, or massive overt movements to capture the divergence between hierarchical and phonological orders. I argue that none of these additional mechanisms are needed to explain the disparity between hierarchical and phonological orders in the Spanish DP. I propose that the different properties of argumental PPs and chain resolution at the phonological interface account for the differences in hierarchical and surface orders. The analysis also makes important predictions borne out by some other less studied data, such as nominal ellipsis and partial cliticization.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Null Expletives and Case: The View from Romance 1
- On the Existence of Null Complementizers in Old French 19
- On the Lack of Transparency Effects in French 37
- On the Syllabification of Prevocalic /w/ in Judeo-Spanish 51
- Word Order and Minimalism 69
- The Status of Old French Clitics in the 12th Century 89
- Towards a Unified Account of Positive and Negative Polarity: Evidence from Romanian 105
- Correlativization and Degree Quantification in Spanish 121
- Imperfect Variation and Class Marking in the Old Spanish Third Conjugation 143
- Licensing Negative Fragments and the Interpretation of Comparison 157
- Developing I-Language in L1 and L2 173
- Crypto-Variation in Italian Velar Palatalisation 193
- Antisymmetry and the Typology of Relative Clauses: Morphological Evidence from Romance 209
- Romance Paths as Cognate Complements: A Lexical-Syntactic Account 227
- Discriminating Pitch Accent Alignment in Spanish 243
- Proscriptions…Gaps…and Something in Between: An Experimental Examination of Spanish Phonotactics 261
- Romanian Palatalization: The Role of Place of Articulation in Perception 277
- Putting in Order the Spanish DP 291
- The Domain of Palatalization in Romanian 307
- Rhotic Metathesis Asymmetries in Romance: Formalizing the Effects of Articulation and Perception on Sound Change 321
- The Left Edge in the Spanish Clausal Structure 339
- Index 359
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Null Expletives and Case: The View from Romance 1
- On the Existence of Null Complementizers in Old French 19
- On the Lack of Transparency Effects in French 37
- On the Syllabification of Prevocalic /w/ in Judeo-Spanish 51
- Word Order and Minimalism 69
- The Status of Old French Clitics in the 12th Century 89
- Towards a Unified Account of Positive and Negative Polarity: Evidence from Romanian 105
- Correlativization and Degree Quantification in Spanish 121
- Imperfect Variation and Class Marking in the Old Spanish Third Conjugation 143
- Licensing Negative Fragments and the Interpretation of Comparison 157
- Developing I-Language in L1 and L2 173
- Crypto-Variation in Italian Velar Palatalisation 193
- Antisymmetry and the Typology of Relative Clauses: Morphological Evidence from Romance 209
- Romance Paths as Cognate Complements: A Lexical-Syntactic Account 227
- Discriminating Pitch Accent Alignment in Spanish 243
- Proscriptions…Gaps…and Something in Between: An Experimental Examination of Spanish Phonotactics 261
- Romanian Palatalization: The Role of Place of Articulation in Perception 277
- Putting in Order the Spanish DP 291
- The Domain of Palatalization in Romanian 307
- Rhotic Metathesis Asymmetries in Romance: Formalizing the Effects of Articulation and Perception on Sound Change 321
- The Left Edge in the Spanish Clausal Structure 339
- Index 359
