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Progressive and predicative constructions with gerund in Romance. A contrastive analysis

2018

Progressive and predicative constructions formed with gerund are present in numerous Romance languages. In the literature, these two types of construction have often been considered as syntactically analogous. Through the application of syntactic tests, this study will show that, despite a number of similarities, progressive and predicative constructs with gerund are characterized by a different structure.

Settore L-FIL-LET/12 - Linguistica ItalianaSettore L-FIL-LET/09 - Filologia E Linguistica Romanzanon-finite verb formssmall clausesgerunds periphrastic forms secondary predicates small clauses infinitive non-finite verb forms monoclausal constructions biclausal constructionsSettore L-LIN/06 - Lingua E Letterature Ispano-Americanegerundsperiphrastic formssecondary predicatesinfinitivemonoclausal constructionsbiclausal constructionsSettore L-LIN/01 - Glottologia E Linguistica
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Pseudo-relatives and their left-periphery

2016

In this article I propose a new analysis of Pseudo-Relative clauses ('PRs') within the Cartographic model (Rizzi 1997 a.o.). Heretofore, the apparently contradictory behaviour of PRs in the syntactic tests used to determine their structure has been very problematic. Based on new data from Italian, I show that PRs are Small Clauses with a ForceP projection. Moreover, I explain the inconsistent results of the syntactic tests by claiming that PRs can be embedded in different syntactic environments. More specifically, they can be inserted as 'bare' Small Clauses into the matrix clause or be part of a bigger structure: i.e., a Complex-DP, a locative adjunction or a 'Larsonian' structure.

Settore L-FIL-LET/09 - Filologia E Linguistica RomanzaItalianPseudo-relative clauses perception verbs predicative constructions Italian Romance Small Clauses Generative Grammar Syntax Cartographic model Split-CPCartographic modelPseudo-relative clauseperception verbSmall ClausePseudo-relative clausesGenerative Grammarpredicative constructionsSettore L-LIN/01 - Glottologia E LinguisticaSettore L-FIL-LET/12 - Linguistica ItalianaSyntaxperception verbsSplit-CPSmall ClausesRomancepredicative construction
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