Locality effects in Italian verbal morphology
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Andrea Calabrese
Abstract
The paper deals with the irregular morphology in Italian perfect and past participle forms. In these forms, one observes a correlation between presence vs. absence of regular morphology and presence vs. absence of thematic vowels. The paper argues that athematic forms undergo a special operation removing the thematic vowel. In this way, the root and the Tense morpheme come to be in positions that are local to each other, thus allowing morpho-phonological interactions between them. Deverbal nominalizations built on the past participle forms are also discussed in the paper. Extending the analysis to these other forms will require a refinement of morphological locality principles.
Abstract
The paper deals with the irregular morphology in Italian perfect and past participle forms. In these forms, one observes a correlation between presence vs. absence of regular morphology and presence vs. absence of thematic vowels. The paper argues that athematic forms undergo a special operation removing the thematic vowel. In this way, the root and the Tense morpheme come to be in positions that are local to each other, thus allowing morpho-phonological interactions between them. Deverbal nominalizations built on the past participle forms are also discussed in the paper. Extending the analysis to these other forms will require a refinement of morphological locality principles.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction xi
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PART I. The Architecture of the Computational Component
- Problems of projection 3
- Notes on labeling and subject positions 17
- On a PP/DP asymmetry in extraction 47
- Augmentative, pejorative, diminutive and endearing heads in the extended nominal projection 67
- A note on parallels between agreement and intervention 83
- Locality effects in Italian verbal morphology 97
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PART II. The Realization of Structure Relative to Discourse and Referential Dependencies: Focus, the vP periphery, and pronominal reference
- Be careful how you use the left periphery 135
- Exhaustivity operators and fronted focus in Italian 163
- Some notes on clefting and fronting 181
- A case of focal adverb preposing in French 209
- Transferring strategies and the nature of transfer 237
- Resolving pronominal anaphora in real-time 257
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PART III. Complex clauses in linguistic theory and acquisition: The role of intervention
- On the comprehension and production of passive sentences and relative clauses by Italian university students with dyslexia 279
- Relatively easy relatives 303
- Intervention effects in the spontaneous production of relative clauses in (a)typical language development of French children and adolescents 321
- Minimality effects in children’s passives 343
- Subject intervention in free relatives 369
- Relative clauses in Cimbrian 393
- Index 417
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction xi
-
PART I. The Architecture of the Computational Component
- Problems of projection 3
- Notes on labeling and subject positions 17
- On a PP/DP asymmetry in extraction 47
- Augmentative, pejorative, diminutive and endearing heads in the extended nominal projection 67
- A note on parallels between agreement and intervention 83
- Locality effects in Italian verbal morphology 97
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PART II. The Realization of Structure Relative to Discourse and Referential Dependencies: Focus, the vP periphery, and pronominal reference
- Be careful how you use the left periphery 135
- Exhaustivity operators and fronted focus in Italian 163
- Some notes on clefting and fronting 181
- A case of focal adverb preposing in French 209
- Transferring strategies and the nature of transfer 237
- Resolving pronominal anaphora in real-time 257
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PART III. Complex clauses in linguistic theory and acquisition: The role of intervention
- On the comprehension and production of passive sentences and relative clauses by Italian university students with dyslexia 279
- Relatively easy relatives 303
- Intervention effects in the spontaneous production of relative clauses in (a)typical language development of French children and adolescents 321
- Minimality effects in children’s passives 343
- Subject intervention in free relatives 369
- Relative clauses in Cimbrian 393
- Index 417
