Basque ditransitives
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Beñat Oyharçabal
Abstract
This paper proposes an analysis of Basque ditransitive clauses within a framework in which argument structure is syntactically built. After examining the categorial status of the dative phrase and its structural relation to the DO, I briefly review two major proposals made in previous analyses and present my own, which combines the basic insights of both earlier proposals, consisting of a non-derived hierarchic order in which the IO c-commands the DO, and the introduction under VP of an applicative head relating the two objects. Since this view rests on Pylkkänen’s (2008) analysis of applicative constructions, I discuss the distinction between low and high applicatives and apply the major tests of the applicative diagnostic.
Abstract
This paper proposes an analysis of Basque ditransitive clauses within a framework in which argument structure is syntactically built. After examining the categorial status of the dative phrase and its structural relation to the DO, I briefly review two major proposals made in previous analyses and present my own, which combines the basic insights of both earlier proposals, consisting of a non-derived hierarchic order in which the IO c-commands the DO, and the introduction under VP of an applicative head relating the two objects. Since this view rests on Pylkkänen’s (2008) analysis of applicative constructions, I discuss the distinction between low and high applicatives and apply the major tests of the applicative diagnostic.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Argument structure and syntactic relations 1
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Part 1. Semantic and syntactic properties of the event structure
- Aspectual composition in causatives 13
- Atelicity and anticausativization 35
- Minimalist variability in the verb phrase 69
- On the l-syntax of manner and causation 89
- Nominalization, event, aspect and argument structure 113
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Part 2. A global view on argument structure
- The syntax of argument structure 133
- Argument structure and quantifier scope 151
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Part 3. Syntactic heads involved in argument structure
- An l-syntax for adjuncts 183
- The derivation of dative alternations 203
- Basque ditransitives 233
- Applicative structure and Mandarin ditransitives 261
- Unintentionally out of control 283
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Part 4. Argument structure in language acquisition
- Zero time-arguments in French child language 305
- Reevaluating the role of innate linking rules in the acquisition of verb argument structure 325
- Name and subject index 345
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Argument structure and syntactic relations 1
-
Part 1. Semantic and syntactic properties of the event structure
- Aspectual composition in causatives 13
- Atelicity and anticausativization 35
- Minimalist variability in the verb phrase 69
- On the l-syntax of manner and causation 89
- Nominalization, event, aspect and argument structure 113
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Part 2. A global view on argument structure
- The syntax of argument structure 133
- Argument structure and quantifier scope 151
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Part 3. Syntactic heads involved in argument structure
- An l-syntax for adjuncts 183
- The derivation of dative alternations 203
- Basque ditransitives 233
- Applicative structure and Mandarin ditransitives 261
- Unintentionally out of control 283
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Part 4. Argument structure in language acquisition
- Zero time-arguments in French child language 305
- Reevaluating the role of innate linking rules in the acquisition of verb argument structure 325
- Name and subject index 345
