Chapter 5. A Uniform raising analysis for standard and nonstandard relative clauses in Brazilian Portuguese
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Mary Aizawa Kato
Abstract
Based on Kayne’s (1994) analysis of relative clauses, this paper proposes a uniform account of the three types of relative clauses found in Brazilian Portuguese: the standard version (with pied-piping), the resumptive version with an overt pronoun, and the PP-chopping version, where the relativized PP appears to be deleted. We argue that a DP headed by a relative determiner can be base-generated in a left dislocation position in Brazilian Portuguese and this is what yields lack of island effects and apparent PP-chopping relatives. Based on their lexical conditioning, we propose that PP-chopping relatives in fact involve a null pronominal (pro) in the object position licensed by inherent Case.
Abstract
Based on Kayne’s (1994) analysis of relative clauses, this paper proposes a uniform account of the three types of relative clauses found in Brazilian Portuguese: the standard version (with pied-piping), the resumptive version with an overt pronoun, and the PP-chopping version, where the relativized PP appears to be deleted. We argue that a DP headed by a relative determiner can be base-generated in a left dislocation position in Brazilian Portuguese and this is what yields lack of island effects and apparent PP-chopping relatives. Based on their lexical conditioning, we propose that PP-chopping relatives in fact involve a null pronominal (pro) in the object position licensed by inherent Case.
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
