Cornilescu, Alexandra and Nicolae, Alexandru (2016) Romanian adjectives at the syntax-semantics interface. Acta Linguistica Hungarica, 63 (2). pp. 197-240. ISSN 1216-8076
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Abstract
In this paper, we argue for the existence of two local domains (phases, cf. Chomsky 2001; 2009; Legate 2003, among others) inside the DP: the n*-phase, parallel to the vP (as in Svenonius 2004), and the d*-phase, parallel to the CP. Two acknowledged phasal properties are discussed. (i) The n*/d*-phases define their own peripheries: peripheries are essentially modal-quantificational spaces, as shown by the decomposition of Topic—Focus features recently proposed (Butler 2004; McNay 2005; 2006). (ii) Phases are assumed to be domains of linearization: after (internal or external) merge, syntactic objects are hierarchical, but not linear, so phases must be linearized before they are sent to PF. The distribution and interpretation of DP-internal adjectives is taken to be indicative of these two domains.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > P0 Philology. Linguistics / filológia, nyelvészet |
| Depositing User: | xDóra xO'Neill |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2016 13:23 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2018 23:15 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/37900 |
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