Chapter 15. When a piece of phonology becomes a piece of syntax
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Christina Tortora
Abstract
This work argues against the view that phonological factors play a role in the distribution of vocalic auxiliary subject clitics (vocalic auxiliary scls), namely, those scls which occur with auxiliary verbs beginning in a vowel. Evidence is given to support the view that such scls are purely syntactic entities, whose distribution is governed only by syntactic factors. The analysis leads to a re-casting of vocalic auxiliary scls as “be-scls,” where the phonological structure of the auxiliary becomes irrelevant. Removing the phonological component from the explanation of the behavior of these syntactic elements further allows us to make fruitful connections with many other syntactic phenomena which would not otherwise have been seen.
Abstract
This work argues against the view that phonological factors play a role in the distribution of vocalic auxiliary subject clitics (vocalic auxiliary scls), namely, those scls which occur with auxiliary verbs beginning in a vowel. Evidence is given to support the view that such scls are purely syntactic entities, whose distribution is governed only by syntactic factors. The analysis leads to a re-casting of vocalic auxiliary scls as “be-scls,” where the phonological structure of the auxiliary becomes irrelevant. Removing the phonological component from the explanation of the behavior of these syntactic elements further allows us to make fruitful connections with many other syntactic phenomena which would not otherwise have been seen.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword ix
- Chapter 1. Modality, presupposition and discourse 1
- Chapter 2. Exempt anaphors and logophoricity in French 15
- Chapter 3. What’s up with dative experiencers? 29
- Chapter 4. Aktionsart and event modification in Spanish adjectival passives 49
- Chapter 5. Revising the canon 63
- Chapter 6. Hiatus resolution in L1 and L2 Spanish 79
- Chapter 7. Recursion in Brazilian Portuguese complex compounds 97
- Chapter 8. Locality constraints on θ-theory 111
- Chapter 9. Does gender agreement carry a production cost? 127
- Chapter 10. TP ellipsis with polarity particles 141
- Chapter 11. Circumventing ɸ-minimality 159
- Chapter 12. Epistemic uses of the verb decir in La Paz Spanish 185
- Chapter 13. Oral Portuguese in Maputo from a diachronic perspective 199
- Chapter 14. Structural approaches to code-switching 213
- Chapter 15. When a piece of phonology becomes a piece of syntax 235
- Chapter 16. Presence of the voiced labiodental fricative segment [v] in Texas Spanish 259
- Index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword ix
- Chapter 1. Modality, presupposition and discourse 1
- Chapter 2. Exempt anaphors and logophoricity in French 15
- Chapter 3. What’s up with dative experiencers? 29
- Chapter 4. Aktionsart and event modification in Spanish adjectival passives 49
- Chapter 5. Revising the canon 63
- Chapter 6. Hiatus resolution in L1 and L2 Spanish 79
- Chapter 7. Recursion in Brazilian Portuguese complex compounds 97
- Chapter 8. Locality constraints on θ-theory 111
- Chapter 9. Does gender agreement carry a production cost? 127
- Chapter 10. TP ellipsis with polarity particles 141
- Chapter 11. Circumventing ɸ-minimality 159
- Chapter 12. Epistemic uses of the verb decir in La Paz Spanish 185
- Chapter 13. Oral Portuguese in Maputo from a diachronic perspective 199
- Chapter 14. Structural approaches to code-switching 213
- Chapter 15. When a piece of phonology becomes a piece of syntax 235
- Chapter 16. Presence of the voiced labiodental fricative segment [v] in Texas Spanish 259
- Index 275
