Splitting up force
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Marco Coniglio
Abstract
This paper proposes to split Rizzi’s (1997) ForceP into two distinct projections: Illocutionary Force (ILL) and Clause Type (CT). The proposal is meant to capture the cross-linguistic properties of discourse particles at the discourse level (they modify the illocutionary force by turning it into a more specific force reflecting the speaker’s intentions/attitude, Jacobs 1986, 1991), and also their syntactic restrictions. Specifically, each particle can occur in certain clause types, but not in others, and they are only licensed in clauses with ‘root properties’. In order to account for these facts, we will adopt a feature valuation mechanism along the lines of Pesetsky & Torrego (2007).
Abstract
This paper proposes to split Rizzi’s (1997) ForceP into two distinct projections: Illocutionary Force (ILL) and Clause Type (CT). The proposal is meant to capture the cross-linguistic properties of discourse particles at the discourse level (they modify the illocutionary force by turning it into a more specific force reflecting the speaker’s intentions/attitude, Jacobs 1986, 1991), and also their syntactic restrictions. Specifically, each particle can occur in certain clause types, but not in others, and they are only licensed in clauses with ‘root properties’. In order to account for these facts, we will adopt a feature valuation mechanism along the lines of Pesetsky & Torrego (2007).
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
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Introduction
- Main Clause Phenomena and the privilege of the root 1
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PART I. Explaining Main Clause Phenomena: The bigger picture
- Augmented structure preservation and the Tensed S Constraint 23
- Root transformations & quantificational structure 47
- Agreements that occur mainly in the main clause 79
- The syntax of MCP 113
- Towards an interface definition of root phenomena* 135
- Explaining matrix/subordinate domain discrepancies 159
- Parenthetical main clauses – or not? 177
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PART II. The Phenomena
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A. Particles and agreement markers
- Topic particle stranding and the structure of CP 205
- Splitting up force 229
- The syntactic position of Polish by and Main Clause Phenomena 257
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B. Complementizers and verb-second
- A main clause complementizer 279
- The status of complementizers in the left periphery 297
- Minimality and embedded V2 in Scandinavian 319
- Against a uniform treatment of second position effects as force markers 345
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C. Adverbial clauses
- The syntax-discourse interface in adverbial clauses 365
- Subjunctive mood, epistemic modality and Main Clause Phenomena in the analysis of adverbial clauses 385
- On two types of adverbial clauses allowing root-phenomena 405
- Index 431
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
-
Introduction
- Main Clause Phenomena and the privilege of the root 1
-
PART I. Explaining Main Clause Phenomena: The bigger picture
- Augmented structure preservation and the Tensed S Constraint 23
- Root transformations & quantificational structure 47
- Agreements that occur mainly in the main clause 79
- The syntax of MCP 113
- Towards an interface definition of root phenomena* 135
- Explaining matrix/subordinate domain discrepancies 159
- Parenthetical main clauses – or not? 177
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PART II. The Phenomena
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A. Particles and agreement markers
- Topic particle stranding and the structure of CP 205
- Splitting up force 229
- The syntactic position of Polish by and Main Clause Phenomena 257
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B. Complementizers and verb-second
- A main clause complementizer 279
- The status of complementizers in the left periphery 297
- Minimality and embedded V2 in Scandinavian 319
- Against a uniform treatment of second position effects as force markers 345
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C. Adverbial clauses
- The syntax-discourse interface in adverbial clauses 365
- Subjunctive mood, epistemic modality and Main Clause Phenomena in the analysis of adverbial clauses 385
- On two types of adverbial clauses allowing root-phenomena 405
- Index 431
