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Defectivitat morfològica i variació sintàctica
2021
This paper discusses a case of parametric variation between Catalan and Spanish that concerns the fronting possibilities within the CP domain (the so-called ÇLeft PeripheryÈ). In particular, attention is paid to Catalan’s weak left peripheral activity, which prevents it from generating sentences that involve a Çmild focalizationÈ pattern very common in Spanish (e.g., «Mucha tontería dice el Gobierno» vs. *«Molta ximpleria diuel Govern»), first noted by Torrego (1980) and further explored by Uriagereka (1988). Interestingly, the same behavior is observed in the v*P domain, which accounts for the fact that VSO sentences (generated through movement of the subject to a specifier position, as Or…
FRAME MODELIZATION OF DISCOURSE PRESSURES ON INFORMATION TRANSFER AND TEXTUAL ORGANIZATION OF A TEXT GENRE.
2023
The present article aims at investigating the discursive pressures at the phrasal and textual level for a text genre, here wine advertisements from Austrian supermarket leaflets. After having developed the theoretical framework of Germanic inspiration, a case study is conducted to highlight these discursive pressures.