Chapter 2. Person restrictions in non-canonical agreement patterns in Spanish
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Adolfo Ausín
Abstract
In this paper we present empirical evidence for the existence of person restrictions across five constructions which exhibit non-canonical agreement patterns in Spanish. We account for these data by adopting a Multiple Agree approach à la Anagnostopoulou (2005, 2017) and D’Alessandro (2007) where T/INFL can agree with two different elements as long as there is no person feature incompatibility. We also show that there are person restrictions in non-canonical agreement constructions with parecer in Spanish (contra Mare and Pato, 2018), once we set aside the “look-like” interpretation of parecer. In addition, we provide empirical evidence for the claim that usted(es) behaves as an “imposter” as expected by Collins and Ordóñez (2021) analysis.
Abstract
In this paper we present empirical evidence for the existence of person restrictions across five constructions which exhibit non-canonical agreement patterns in Spanish. We account for these data by adopting a Multiple Agree approach à la Anagnostopoulou (2005, 2017) and D’Alessandro (2007) where T/INFL can agree with two different elements as long as there is no person feature incompatibility. We also show that there are person restrictions in non-canonical agreement constructions with parecer in Spanish (contra Mare and Pato, 2018), once we set aside the “look-like” interpretation of parecer. In addition, we provide empirical evidence for the claim that usted(es) behaves as an “imposter” as expected by Collins and Ordóñez (2021) analysis.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
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Part 1. Regional variation
- Chapter 1. Discontinuous Plurality in Chilean Spanish 14
- Chapter 2. Person restrictions in non-canonical agreement patterns in Spanish 34
- Chapter 3. Exploring future-in-the-past variation in Seville and Caracas 58
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Part 2. Diachronic variation
- Chapter 4. Derived verbs and future-conditional stem regularization in written Spanish in synchrony and diachrony 82
- Chapter 5. The emergence of sound change in two varieties of Spanish 106
- Chapter 6. Real and apparent (time) changes in Yucatan Spanish 130
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Part 3. Learner profile variation
- Chapter 7. Civics, ideology, and Spanish in Kansas 154
- Chapter 8. Promoting Spanish L2 pragmatic competence in a virtual environment 173
- Chapter 9. Individual differences do not affect trill variation by advanced learners of Spanish 196
- Chapter 10. L2 sociolinguistic perception of stylistic variation 225
- Index 249
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part 1. Regional variation
- Chapter 1. Discontinuous Plurality in Chilean Spanish 14
- Chapter 2. Person restrictions in non-canonical agreement patterns in Spanish 34
- Chapter 3. Exploring future-in-the-past variation in Seville and Caracas 58
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Part 2. Diachronic variation
- Chapter 4. Derived verbs and future-conditional stem regularization in written Spanish in synchrony and diachrony 82
- Chapter 5. The emergence of sound change in two varieties of Spanish 106
- Chapter 6. Real and apparent (time) changes in Yucatan Spanish 130
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Part 3. Learner profile variation
- Chapter 7. Civics, ideology, and Spanish in Kansas 154
- Chapter 8. Promoting Spanish L2 pragmatic competence in a virtual environment 173
- Chapter 9. Individual differences do not affect trill variation by advanced learners of Spanish 196
- Chapter 10. L2 sociolinguistic perception of stylistic variation 225
- Index 249
