Chapter 7. Middle formation and inalienability in Asturian
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Imanol Suárez-Palma
Abstract
Asturian middle-passive contexts containing activity verbs, such as lleer (to read), as well as a relational or body-part noun as their grammatical subject allow for the insertion of a non-selected dative argument interpreted as the inalienable possessor of such noun. Two configurations can yield these structures: one where the dative phrase raises to preverbal subject position, and another where the dative DP is left-dislocated and the theme in subject position. Interestingly, an analysis relying on the notion of low applicative heads relating the possessor and the possessee cannot successfully account for these configurations. An approach whereby the inalienable possession construal arises inside the DP-theme and subsequently spreads to the applicative head that introduces the dative possessor successfully overcomes this shortcoming.
Abstract
Asturian middle-passive contexts containing activity verbs, such as lleer (to read), as well as a relational or body-part noun as their grammatical subject allow for the insertion of a non-selected dative argument interpreted as the inalienable possessor of such noun. Two configurations can yield these structures: one where the dative phrase raises to preverbal subject position, and another where the dative DP is left-dislocated and the theme in subject position. Interestingly, an analysis relying on the notion of low applicative heads relating the possessor and the possessee cannot successfully account for these configurations. An approach whereby the inalienable possession construal arises inside the DP-theme and subsequently spreads to the applicative head that introduces the dative possessor successfully overcomes this shortcoming.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- List of reviewers ix
- Chapter 1. Northern soul 1
- Chapter 2. Asturian and Asturian Spanish at the syntax-phonology interface 15
- Chapter 3. Semantic anchoring 45
- Chapter 4. Are Asturian clitics distinctly distinct? 73
- Chapter 5. ¿Qué che femos con el che? 93
- Chapter 6. Pluractional perfects in Eonavian Spanish 109
- Chapter 7. Middle formation and inalienability in Asturian 131
- Chapter 8. Negation in Asturian 151
- Chapter 9. Intonational form and speaker belief in Mieres Asturian polar questions 173
- Chapter 10. Minority language bilingualism and its role in L3 lexical acquisition 195
- Index 217
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- List of reviewers ix
- Chapter 1. Northern soul 1
- Chapter 2. Asturian and Asturian Spanish at the syntax-phonology interface 15
- Chapter 3. Semantic anchoring 45
- Chapter 4. Are Asturian clitics distinctly distinct? 73
- Chapter 5. ¿Qué che femos con el che? 93
- Chapter 6. Pluractional perfects in Eonavian Spanish 109
- Chapter 7. Middle formation and inalienability in Asturian 131
- Chapter 8. Negation in Asturian 151
- Chapter 9. Intonational form and speaker belief in Mieres Asturian polar questions 173
- Chapter 10. Minority language bilingualism and its role in L3 lexical acquisition 195
- Index 217
