Intə e quistu artichələ che tratta l'italo-romanzə pugliesə dəllu Garganə, ea proponə che li ggenitivə preposizzionalə e li ggenitivə non-preposizzionalə so propəta dujə tipə dəversə də frasə, e cchə nnu nomə non ve interpretatə comə e possessorə pəcchè sta na preposizzionə citta o pəcchè la capa e lu modəfəcatorə stannə capəvutatə, ma pəcché sta nu meccanismə d'accordə tra capa e modəfəcatorə. Ea proponə che comə li ggenitivə cə ponnə accurdà culla capa pə nummərə e ggenərə, accuscì cə ponnə accurdà pə ddefənətezza, e cche lu nomə non-preposizzionalə ve interpretatə comə e ggenitivə pəcché sta l'accordə pə ddefənətezza: culla defənətezza cə pɔ̀ esprimə na relazzionə səntattəca tra capa e modəfəcatorə. Ea proponə purə che intə e questa lingua pugliesə li ggenitivə non-preposizzionalə so ffasə (Chomsky 2001), e che so ffasə purə li frasə predicativə 'qualitativə' intə e la stessa lingua. A ssa manera c pɔ̀ spiegà lu fattə che certə operazzionə səntattəchə comə e l'estrazzionə non ponnə trascì intə e lla frasə. [San Marco in Lamis Apulian].
In this paper, which discusses data from Gargano Apulian Italo-Romance, I propose that prepositional and non-prepositional genitives are fundamentally two different types of phrases, and that the interpretation of a non-prepositional noun as the possessor is not due to a silent preposition or head-modifier inversion, but rather to an agreement mechanism taking place between the modifier and its head. We propose that, just as a genitive can agree with its head for gender and number features so it can for definiteness, and that agreement for definiteness yields a genitival interpretation of the non-prepositional noun. I.e., definiteness can externalize the syntactic relation between head and modifier. We also propose that in this Apulian variety, non-prepositional genitives are syntactic phases (Chomsky 2001), and that the same holds for non-prepositional ‘qualitative’ predicative phrases in the same language. This would explain the impossibility of accessing the phrase through syntactic operations such as extraction.
Massaro, A. (2022). Romance genitives: agreement, definiteness, and phases. TRANSACTIONS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 120(1), 85-102 [10.1111/1467-968X.12229].
Romance genitives: agreement, definiteness, and phases
Massaro, Angelapia
2022-01-01
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In this paper, which discusses data from Gargano Apulian Italo-Romance, I propose that prepositional and non-prepositional genitives are fundamentally two different types of phrases, and that the interpretation of a non-prepositional noun as the possessor is not due to a silent preposition or head-modifier inversion, but rather to an agreement mechanism taking place between the modifier and its head. We propose that, just as a genitive can agree with its head for gender and number features so it can for definiteness, and that agreement for definiteness yields a genitival interpretation of the non-prepositional noun. I.e., definiteness can externalize the syntactic relation between head and modifier. We also propose that in this Apulian variety, non-prepositional genitives are syntactic phases (Chomsky 2001), and that the same holds for non-prepositional ‘qualitative’ predicative phrases in the same language. This would explain the impossibility of accessing the phrase through syntactic operations such as extraction.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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