Inflectional morphology and syntax in correspondence
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Ana R. Luís
Abstract
Clitic pronouns in European Portuguese differ from clitics in other Romance languages in two important ways: (1) preverbal clitics can take wide scope over coordinated verb phrases and can be separated from the verb by (up to two) non-projecting particles (Crysmann 2002, Luís 2004); (2) the preverbal placement of clitics is dependent on a heterogeneous set of particles and phrases in preverbal position rather than on the finiteness of the verb. In this paper, we account for both (1) and (2) within the lexicalist theory of Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) (Kaplan and Bresnan 1982, Bresnan 2001). As to (1), we show that the scopal and distributional properties of proclitics can be straightforwardly captured by placing morphological tokens in correspondence with syntactic atoms. As to (2), we argue that the effect of proclitc triggers on clitic placement can receive a unified accounted if proclitic contexts are defined in terms of functional precedence (Kaplan and Zaenen 1989).
Abstract
Clitic pronouns in European Portuguese differ from clitics in other Romance languages in two important ways: (1) preverbal clitics can take wide scope over coordinated verb phrases and can be separated from the verb by (up to two) non-projecting particles (Crysmann 2002, Luís 2004); (2) the preverbal placement of clitics is dependent on a heterogeneous set of particles and phrases in preverbal position rather than on the finiteness of the verb. In this paper, we account for both (1) and (2) within the lexicalist theory of Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) (Kaplan and Bresnan 1982, Bresnan 2001). As to (1), we show that the scopal and distributional properties of proclitics can be straightforwardly captured by placing morphological tokens in correspondence with syntactic atoms. As to (2), we argue that the effect of proclitc triggers on clitic placement can receive a unified accounted if proclitic contexts are defined in terms of functional precedence (Kaplan and Zaenen 1989).
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction 1
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Part 1. Interfaces with syntax and phonology
- Case conflict in Greek free relatives 21
- There are no special clitics 57
- Inflectional morphology and syntax in correspondence 97
- At the boundary of morphology and syntax 137
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Part 2. Interfaces with semantics and the lexicon
- The feature of tense at the interface of morphology and semantics 171
- The aspectual properties of nominalization structures 195
- Determiner and Noun phrase coordination in modern Greek 221
- The pre-conditions for suppletion 239
- Archi morphology from a lexicographic perspective 267
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Part 3. Interfaces in psycholinguistics and language acquisition
- Morphology and syntax dissociation in SLA 291
- The role of morphology in grammatical gender assignment 321
- Index 351
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part 1. Interfaces with syntax and phonology
- Case conflict in Greek free relatives 21
- There are no special clitics 57
- Inflectional morphology and syntax in correspondence 97
- At the boundary of morphology and syntax 137
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Part 2. Interfaces with semantics and the lexicon
- The feature of tense at the interface of morphology and semantics 171
- The aspectual properties of nominalization structures 195
- Determiner and Noun phrase coordination in modern Greek 221
- The pre-conditions for suppletion 239
- Archi morphology from a lexicographic perspective 267
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Part 3. Interfaces in psycholinguistics and language acquisition
- Morphology and syntax dissociation in SLA 291
- The role of morphology in grammatical gender assignment 321
- Index 351
