Double object constructions in Spanish (and Catalan) revisited
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Anna Pineda
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence for a new view on Romance double object constructions (DOC). Against the general trend, we do not try to prove the existence of Romance DOC by comparing it to the well-known English-like dative alternation. Instead, we propose a new approach to Romance ditransitive constructions (DitrC) in general, focusing on European Spanish and Catalan data. Crucially, against Demonte (1995) and Cuervo (2003a,b) among others, we show that the presence of dative clitic doubling (DCD) is not a condition sine qua non for DOC, based on the assumption that the dative clitic may be optionally spelled out since there is silence variation (Sigurðsson 2004, Kayne 2005).
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence for a new view on Romance double object constructions (DOC). Against the general trend, we do not try to prove the existence of Romance DOC by comparing it to the well-known English-like dative alternation. Instead, we propose a new approach to Romance ditransitive constructions (DitrC) in general, focusing on European Spanish and Catalan data. Crucially, against Demonte (1995) and Cuervo (2003a,b) among others, we show that the presence of dative clitic doubling (DCD) is not a condition sine qua non for DOC, based on the assumption that the dative clitic may be optionally spelled out since there is silence variation (Sigurðsson 2004, Kayne 2005).
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- A’-dependencies in French 1
- The irregular forms of the Italian “Passato Remoto” 17
- On the lack of stranded negated quantifiers and inverse scope of negation in Romance 59
- Evidence for the competition-based analysis of subjunctive obviation from relative and adverbial clauses in Italian 75
- Quotative expansions 93
- Datives, prepositions, and argument structure in Spanish 125
- A typology of agreement processes and its implications for language development 143
- On the syntax of focalizers in some Italo-Romance dialects 157
- The phonotactics of word-initial clusters in Romance 175
- Double object constructions in Spanish (and Catalan) revisited 193
- Cognitive economy, non-redundancy and typological primacy in L3 acquisition 217
- L1 acquisition of noun ellipsis in French and in Dutch 249
- Index 267
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- A’-dependencies in French 1
- The irregular forms of the Italian “Passato Remoto” 17
- On the lack of stranded negated quantifiers and inverse scope of negation in Romance 59
- Evidence for the competition-based analysis of subjunctive obviation from relative and adverbial clauses in Italian 75
- Quotative expansions 93
- Datives, prepositions, and argument structure in Spanish 125
- A typology of agreement processes and its implications for language development 143
- On the syntax of focalizers in some Italo-Romance dialects 157
- The phonotactics of word-initial clusters in Romance 175
- Double object constructions in Spanish (and Catalan) revisited 193
- Cognitive economy, non-redundancy and typological primacy in L3 acquisition 217
- L1 acquisition of noun ellipsis in French and in Dutch 249
- Index 267
